- April 15, 2025
The Fed Can’t Save You This Time
Say what you will about the economy, the 2020s haven’t been boring.
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- February 18, 2025
Eggflation Now, Milkflation Soon
When someone mentions inflation, economists think about indexes.
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- 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.
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- July 16, 2024
Things Fall Apart
Writers who want to describe sweeping global change often quote the W.B. Yeats poem.
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- June 21, 2022
The Only Way Out of This Mess
Remember when inflation was going to be transitory? Good times.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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