…households fare better. Trump has heavily skewed tax breaks to those living in the upper 10 percent in income. ~~~~~~~ “Disinflating shelter prices and deflating gas prices work wonders for…

…argument of needing high prices t cover costs is questionable Doctor Brown’s article . . . Drug Prices Are Too Damn High, MedPage Today, N. Adam Brown — It has…

…prices and/or grab a larger share of the parcels market. That would be good for UPS’s bottom line; but, it would come at the expense of the Postal Service and…

…perceived market manipulation probably did not occur. Why do gasoline prices display a different seasonal pattern in presidential election years? Most people know that gas prices have a seasonal pattern…

…higher due to a 13.6% increase in wholesale prices for gasoline, a 7.6% increase in wholesale prices for No.2 diesel fuel, and a 21.8% increase in wholesale prices for liquefied…

…gasoline rose 2.8%, producer prices for LP gas rose 12.1%, and producer prices for industrial natural gas rose 4.5%, while producer prices for natural gas to electric utilities fell 18.9%……

…prior four months . . . wholesale energy prices averaged 0.4% higher despite a 0.3% decrease in wholesale prices for gasoline, due to a 5.6% increase in wholesale prices for residential…

…the price index for transportation commodities other than fuel was 1.9% higher, as prices for new cars were 1.1% higher, prices for new trucks rose 1.5%, prices for used cars…

RJS, MarketWatch 666, “CPI Rose 0.6% in January on Higher Prices for Food, Clothing, Electricity, Used Vehicles, & Furniture; Annual Inflation Now at a 40 Year High” The consumer price…

…in wholesale prices for diesel fuel, a 20.2% increase in wholesale prices for home heating oil, and a 12.9% increase in wholesale prices for liquefied petroleum gas, while the wholesale…