CITIZEN ANALYST

Things were looking pretty good on the inflation front until June's CPI report on Tuesday.

April's CPI data again indicates that we are at, or below the Fed's 2% inflation target. The question is: will it last?

I don't know exactly how, but sometime within the last year I found myself added to the History Facts daily email distribution list. ...

It looks like the answer actually may be no, but it may be more complicated than that.

After January's CPI setback, February was a solid reversion to the better trends we saw in 2024

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...