Connecting the Dots Archive - Patrick Watson

Connecting the Dots: Tag = "inflation"

September 17, 2024

Still Falling Apart

I’m not sure Fed policy really matters. We have more serious problems. And, like when a dam ruptures, they’re starting as small but relentless little cracks.

July 16, 2024

Things Fall Apart

Writers who want to describe sweeping global change often quote the W.B. Yeats poem.

June 21, 2022

The Only Way Out of This Mess

Remember when inflation was going to be transitory? Good times.

March 15, 2022

Frying Pans and Inflation Fires

“Out of the frying pan, into the fire” isn’t just a trite old saying. Economically, it may be a great metaphor for 2022.

June 15, 2021

Hyperinflation, COVID-Style

The US Consumer Price Index is up 5% since May 2020, according to data released last week. This was the largest 12-month increase since 2008.

May 25, 2021

The “Long COVID” Economy

According to some analysts, inflation is coming soon. Americans will spend like crazy and drive prices higher as the pandemic recedes.

May 18, 2021

Vaccines and Inflation Risk

Yay, no more masks… sort of. New CDC guidance says the 37% of Americans who are fully vaccinated can safely stop masking most of the time.