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Construction Employment in the Inland Empire

…a decline in overall market activity – slowing of total unit sales and build up of inventories. When inventories rise and sales start to fall this will spill over into…

Inflation Watch

…more general inflation problem in the US? Not necessarily. The problem is that a high overall inflation rate due to energy costs could very easily spill over into a higher…

Inflation Update

…surge in oil prices have still caused fairly large year-over-year price changes in recent months, as the picture below shows. I’d like to see the core rate of 12-month CPI…

…and Short’s allegations, Blair told reporters: “We are going to be in a very dangerous situation as a country if people feel they can simply spill out secrets or details…