In Finance Markets - Posted 12 hours ago

The Labor Department today revealed the world s largest economy appears to be under no inflationary pressure as consumer prices remained flat in Feb...

Tags: core inflation economy

In Brad Delong's Journal - Posted 13 hours ago

Paul Krugman: Stagflation Versus Hyperinflation: for those predicting hyperinflation, my question would be: what is it about the United States now th...

Tags: budget federal reserve gdp inflation stagflation

In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 14 hours ago

We have seen some more negative commentary on China in the past 24 hours, including from the likes of the World Bank (which in its latest quarterly re...

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In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 14 hours ago

(Click to enlarge)The latest annualized rate is 2.14%.The February 2010 Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers ((CPI-U)) is 216.741. The annualized...

Tags: deflation inflation

In Big Picture - Posted 15 hours ago

Okay, it s time for our early spring sermon on sampling and seasonal adjustments perverting PPI and CPI.For the past month or so, oil and gasoline ...

Tags: china data futures gas oil

In Capital Spectator - Posted 15 hours ago

Sometimes the waiting game is the only game in town when it comes to evaluating the economic numbers du jour. That seems to apply to this morning s ...

Tags: inflation

In Wall Street Journal: Real Time Economics - Posted 16 hours ago

Economists and other weigh in on the flat reading for U.S. consumer prices in February.Core consumer prices are now only 1.3% above their year ago lev...

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In The Mess That Greenspan Made - Posted 17 hours ago

The Labor Department reported zero inflation for the month of February as rising prices for medical care and education were offset by sharply lower c...

In Wall Street Journal: MarketBeat - Posted 17 hours ago

The flattening yield curve is on a roll thanks to continued outperformance of long-dated Treasurys over shorter-dated maturities. The move in the 2-ye...

Tags: inflation

In Big Picture - Posted 17 hours ago

Just when we thought the Greece financing fire was temporarily out, some embers still exist and it s causing more uncertainty. The next issue Greece...

Tags: data deficit fed inflation program the fed

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