inflation
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Denying the Affordability Crisis Won’t Change the Data
American households are hurting. With wage growth lagging and inflation compounding, no amount of presidential bluster can mask the math.
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Shooting the American Dream in the Foot?
An expanding, interventionist state is crushing the atmosphere of opportunity that once allowed the middle class to build itself up.
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Fed Goes Back to Basics with Framework Revisions
The Federal Reserve is scrapping its asymmetric average inflation experiment. Will it help calm markets?
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Notches a Slight 0.10% Gain in July 2025
After a third delay of China tariffs, rising prices, delayed policy effects, and a weakening job market make the Fed’s path to rate cuts uncertain.
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When Doing Nothing Is Doing Harm: Powell’s Misstep on Tariffs and the Neutral Rate
The Fed’s passive tightening could have active economic consequences. Trade uncertainty is dragging down the neutral rate.
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DC’s GENIUS Plan: Use Stablecoins to Soak Up Its Own Debt
The GENIUS Act requires that stablecoin issuers hold their assets in cash, short-term US Treasury securities, or as balances at the Fed. That increased demand for debt will keep borrowing costs down.
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Business Conditions Monthly May 2025
Investors are willing to risk a little more as trade war threats normalize. Some sectors show ongoing weakness, but economic activity sputtered forward.
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How Minimum Wages Punish Cash Businesses
Price floors on labor have unexpected costs, including convenience and customer service.
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$3000/Ounce: Why The Oldest Money Just Hit Its Newest High
Gold has outlasted every issued currency from the pharaohs to the Fed. Amid inflation and policy uncertainty, investors are fleeing to history’s safest haven.
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Did Inflation Really Elect Trump? The Case for a Deeper Economic Frustration
Under the last administration, real wage growth was lower and inflation higher. The disaffected American worker saw Trump as a potential solution.
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Denying the Affordability Crisis Won’t Change the Data
American households are hurting. With wage growth lagging and inflation compounding, no amount of presidential bluster can mask the math.
-
•
Shooting the American Dream in the Foot?
An expanding, interventionist state is crushing the atmosphere of opportunity that once allowed the middle class to build itself up.
-
•
Fed Goes Back to Basics with Framework Revisions
The Federal Reserve is scrapping its asymmetric average inflation experiment. Will it help calm markets?
-
•
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Notches a Slight 0.10% Gain in July 2025
After a third delay of China tariffs, rising prices, delayed policy effects, and a weakening job market make the Fed’s path to rate cuts uncertain.
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•
When Doing Nothing Is Doing Harm: Powell’s Misstep on Tariffs and the Neutral Rate
The Fed’s passive tightening could have active economic consequences. Trade uncertainty is dragging down the neutral rate.
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•
DC’s GENIUS Plan: Use Stablecoins to Soak Up Its Own Debt
The GENIUS Act requires that stablecoin issuers hold their assets in cash, short-term US Treasury securities, or as balances at the Fed. That increased demand for debt will keep borrowing costs down.
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•
Business Conditions Monthly May 2025
Investors are willing to risk a little more as trade war threats normalize. Some sectors show ongoing weakness, but economic activity sputtered forward.
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•
How Minimum Wages Punish Cash Businesses
Price floors on labor have unexpected costs, including convenience and customer service.
-
•
$3000/Ounce: Why The Oldest Money Just Hit Its Newest High
Gold has outlasted every issued currency from the pharaohs to the Fed. Amid inflation and policy uncertainty, investors are fleeing to history’s safest haven.
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•
Did Inflation Really Elect Trump? The Case for a Deeper Economic Frustration
Under the last administration, real wage growth was lower and inflation higher. The disaffected American worker saw Trump as a potential solution.