CITIZEN ANALYST

December's CPI release was a very encouraging report, and a big sigh of relief at the same time.

What's the outlook for shelter inflation in the coming year?

Yes, wages, salaries and incomes are keeping up with inflation, and yes, you are better off today than at almost any other time.

Articles have started to accumulate that progress on inflation has "stalled out." See here , here , here and here for just a few...

The supply chains of most businesses run trade deficits with each other. Why do we care about national "macro" trade deficits then?

My sense is the former, but let's go through the details. Sept. headline CPI increased 0.2% (including food and energy) while core prices...

Even a brief look at this situation forces you to ask an important question: should labor unions be exempt from anti-trust and "monopoly"...

In most election years, you often see and hear Democrats discussing the concept of who pays what in income taxes. It's (very) often...

August CPI increased 0.2% and 0.3% on a headline and core basis, respectively, month-over-month (and seasonally adjusted). This was...

One thing that has always frustrated (but also fascinated) me throughout my investing career is how dismissive economists are about...

July CPI provides "more data" that the Fed has asked for to confirm that inflation "is on the way back down to 2%." We're at 2% now ,...

We got another outstanding inflation report for June this morning. Let's go through it. Core CPI for the month increased 0.1%...

I know, I said this last month. But this month was not only the best inflation report of the year, but probably since the depths of...

April's CPI report was the best report we've gotten so far this year. While it's only one report, there's reasons to be encouraged.

You're likely going to hear about how we got another bad inflation report this morning, but for the first time in several months, things...

February 2024 CPI again came in hot, though economists and market participants were a little more prepared for that this month than in...

January's CPI release was the most disappointing inflation report we've gotten in at least a year, and while it's only one month of hot...

December CPI came in at 0.3% month-over-month, seasonally adjusted, both on the headline (which includes food and energy prices) and core...

November's CPI came in about as expected, with headline prices increasing by 0.1% month-over-month (seasonally adjusted) and core prices...

October headline CPI came in better than expected: flat month-over-month, with core CPI coming in at +0.2% (both seasonally adjusted). ...