…would a 40 percent upward manipulation of the yuan be deflationary, it would also do nothing to change the real value of goods that the Chinese ship to our shores….

…However, excluding energy costs, producer prices rose quite moderately. The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 0.7 percent in March, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the…

The November PPI report was released today. It came in a bit above expectations: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 0.5 percent in November, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau…

…the seasonally adjusted Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 1.7 percent in October. …Among finished goods, prices for energy goods turned up 6.8 percent in October, following a 0.9-percent…

…imports is good for U.S. consumers and also good for the countries selling the goods. A second line of argument is that when the imports being limited or having tariffs…

…work out exactly the same if there are thousands, billions, or gazillions of different goods. So restricting the example to two goods does not limit the example’s relevance. However, I…

…on goods that will be consumed within the period. Investment Spending = Spending on goods that will endure beyond the period. Looking back at a period, from an accounting perspective,…

…flaunted “as easily available” material goods. In reality, there is an extremely increasing inability to maintain or attempt to even attain “ownership” of material goods in 2013, or in the…

…goods orders for non-defense industries. Mark added a twelve month moving average which is clearly sloping down, and is now at 0%. In the following graphs, all trend lines and…

…Net Trade: Exports and Imports of Goods and Services As the following graph reveals, between 1960 and 1980, the U.S. had a stable balance of trade. After a sharp dip…