…drag on consumers, whether directly or by insurance premiums. The Bonddad Blog “Disinflating shelter prices and deflating gas prices work wonders for January CPI,” Angry Bear by New Deal democrat…
…wheel, with new car prices *declining* -0.3%, and used car prices only up 0.1%. On a YoY basis, new car prices have only increased 0.2%, and used car prices have…
…most negative impact on lower- and middle-income countries that are already reeling from elevated energy prices.” Apparently recognizing that higher oil prices could well translate into higher gas prices and…
Producer prices remain tame – by New Deal democrat Producer prices for final demand (blue) rose 0.1% in July, while upstream raw commodity prices (red) rose 0.7%, close to their…
…complex, in line with the analysis of yesterday’s CPI. Producer prices for services rounded to unchanged, while producer prices for final demand goods increased 0.6%. Still on a YoY basis,…
Shiller Hystericizes The US Housing Market I have the deepest respect for Robert Shiller, who has been one of the most serious students of the dynamics of speculative bubbles there…
…for one month in 2010; but prices for the very limited number of such homes on the market rose 2.8% YoY. This morning we saw the exact converse happen with…
…health insurance market (as the challengers contend), or (b) regulates conduct in the health care services market (as the United States maintains). In a direct and immediate sense, of course,…
…various market indexes, with corrections based on survey data, to achieve this marking to market and keep it consistent from period to period. Mark-to-market accounting is perfectly familiar from business…
…up existing-asset values based on market prices, there’s no way you can tally a sector’s total assets and net worth. Our national accountants use various market indexes, with corrections based…