Inflation
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Rises 0.29 Percent in September 2023
“Spots of price momentum in the September CPI support the Federal Reserve’s higher-for-longer mantra, and raise the possibility that even now policy rates are insufficiently restrictive.” ~Peter C. Earle
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Catch-up Inflation
“Where there is collective bargaining, workers go on strike to demand higher wages in order to catch-up to inflation. Elsewhere in the economy, individual workers bargain for higher wages with their current employer, or begin searching for better-paying jobs.” ~Clifford Thies
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The FTC’s Case Against Amazon is a Case Against American Consumers
“Even in an era of inflation, digital markets have had profoundly deflationary effects. Disassembling Amazon’s business model would almost surely dampen this trend.” ~David McGarry
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Inflationary Growth is Fake News
“Economic growth means more output. Comparatively less money chases comparatively more goods. All else equal, prices across the economy should fall.” ~Alexander W. Salter
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Inflation was Worse than We Thought
“Although Fed officials were late to tighten monetary policy, their efforts over the last year appear to have worked. The risk today is that monetary policy is too tight—and will remain so for too long.” ~William J. Luther
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What Should the Federal Reserve Do Now?
“Inflation is running above 2 percent by any measure, and a current temporarily higher rate on short-term securities can reassure markets that the Federal Reserve is aiming at a lower inflation rate.” ~Gerald P. Dwyer
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Another Rate Hike? Let’s Not
“Interest rate and liquidity data point to the same conclusion: monetary policy is sufficiently tight. Further tightening could cause a painful economic contraction.” ~Alexander W. Salter
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Fed Continues to Signal Another Rate Hike
“If core inflation is more or less on track, why are most FOMC members projecting another rate hike?” ~William J. Luther
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David Malpass on Inflation and Slow Growth
“If we try to push supply-side economics as an inflation-reduction strategy, we’re setting ourselves up for failure by banking on a problem that’s largely solved.” ~ Alexander W. Salter
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Don’t Panic over the Latest Inflation Numbers
“To put it plainly, monetary policy is already tight enough. The Fed’s job now is to stay the course.” ~ Alexander W. Salter
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Rises 0.29 Percent in September 2023
“Spots of price momentum in the September CPI support the Federal Reserve’s higher-for-longer mantra, and raise the possibility that even now policy rates are insufficiently restrictive.” ~Peter C. Earle
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Catch-up Inflation
“Where there is collective bargaining, workers go on strike to demand higher wages in order to catch-up to inflation. Elsewhere in the economy, individual workers bargain for higher wages with their current employer, or begin searching for better-paying jobs.” ~Clifford Thies
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The FTC’s Case Against Amazon is a Case Against American Consumers
“Even in an era of inflation, digital markets have had profoundly deflationary effects. Disassembling Amazon’s business model would almost surely dampen this trend.” ~David McGarry
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Inflationary Growth is Fake News
“Economic growth means more output. Comparatively less money chases comparatively more goods. All else equal, prices across the economy should fall.” ~Alexander W. Salter
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Inflation was Worse than We Thought
“Although Fed officials were late to tighten monetary policy, their efforts over the last year appear to have worked. The risk today is that monetary policy is too tight—and will remain so for too long.” ~William J. Luther
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What Should the Federal Reserve Do Now?
“Inflation is running above 2 percent by any measure, and a current temporarily higher rate on short-term securities can reassure markets that the Federal Reserve is aiming at a lower inflation rate.” ~Gerald P. Dwyer
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Another Rate Hike? Let’s Not
“Interest rate and liquidity data point to the same conclusion: monetary policy is sufficiently tight. Further tightening could cause a painful economic contraction.” ~Alexander W. Salter
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•
Fed Continues to Signal Another Rate Hike
“If core inflation is more or less on track, why are most FOMC members projecting another rate hike?” ~William J. Luther
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•
David Malpass on Inflation and Slow Growth
“If we try to push supply-side economics as an inflation-reduction strategy, we’re setting ourselves up for failure by banking on a problem that’s largely solved.” ~ Alexander W. Salter
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Don’t Panic over the Latest Inflation Numbers
“To put it plainly, monetary policy is already tight enough. The Fed’s job now is to stay the course.” ~ Alexander W. Salter