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A carbon tax system begins

…experiment at the least. The carbon tax is a fiscal trip to the woodshed for energy consumers. A painful experience that we’re told is for our own good. The idea…

The Fed Raises Rates

…in energy prices, however, has not notably fed through to core consumer prices. If it weren’t for this last happy condition – that higher energy prices have not yet appeared…

Completing October’s Inflation Picture

…rise in September. Energy costs, which had declined in each of the preceding three months after advancing sharply in the first half of the year, increased 4.2 percent in October,…

PPI Inflation

energy advanced 0.3 percent in October, the same rate of increase as in September. Of course, the sharp rise in energy costs is due to the October run-up in crude…

…in the economy. Prices of producer fell in June thanks to lower energy prices, while consumers continued seeing higher prices for both energy and non-energy items. The slightly surprising thing…