…the paradigm discussed by Prof. Edward Leamer 20 years ago, the typical procession of a downturn begins with housing, then durable goods such as motor vehicles, then consumer goods spending,…

…have the form (foreign goods)^beta(domestic goods)^(1-beta). I assumed this so the share of spending on foreign goods is fixed. This means that the ratio of quantities demanded is the inverse…

…goods rose 1.5% while margins of final services providers rose 0.5%, and a re-revised February report that now has the PPI 0.7% higher, with prices for finished wholesale goods on…

for Final Demand Goods, Final Demand Services, and Intermediate Services; and a 46 year High for Prices of Intermediate Goods, Commenter and Blogger RJS, MarketWatch 666 The seasonally adjusted Producer Price…

…of all goods less food and energy goods was 1.2% higher in December, while the more heavily weighted composite for all services less energy services rose 0.3%…. Among the goods…

…. . As noted, the price index for final demand for goods, aka ‘finished goods’, was 1.5% higher in April, after being 0.6% higher in April, 1.7% higher in March,…

…for finished wholesale goods fell 0.1%, while margins of final services providers were 0.7% higher. a revised 0.9% increase in November, when prices for finished wholesale goods rose 0.9% and…

…finished wholesale goods fell 0.1%, but margins of final services providers were 0.7% higher, a revised 0.9% increase in November, when prices for finished wholesale goods rose 0.9% and margins…

…sold at major retailers today, such as legendary Half of Fame MLB pitcher Nolan Ryan’s private label beef that is carried exclusively at Kroger stores, or at his private label…

…twice the average for the other G-7 countries. The biggest factor propelling growth in the quarter was a 12.1 percent jump in consumption of durable goods, which added 0.85 pp…