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April 2013 CPI Moderates to 1.1% Year-over-Year Inflation
by Doug Short and Steven Hansen The April 2013 Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) year-over-year inflation rate fell from 1.5% to 1.1% . Core inflation (CPI less food and energy) fell slightly also from 1.9% to 1.7%. The dynamics were large … Continue reading
Payrolls Gain But QE Has No Impact On Growth Rate
by Lee Adler, Wall Street Examiner The BLS today reported a seasonally adjusted (SA) gain of 165,000 in April nonfarm payrolls, beating the consensus estimates of 140,000 to 155,000 from surveys of economists by mainstream media organizations. Surprise, surprise (not) … Continue reading
Posted in Employment, Federal Reserve, GDP, Personal Income and Consumption, Taxation, macroeconomics
Tagged BLS, Economy, employment, energy, Federal Reserve, GDP, Lee Adler, recession, recovery, unemployment
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Solar Is About to Change Our World
by Michael Sankowski, MonetaryRealism.com I’ve been getting into Solar lately – the fall in prices has been absolutely shocking over the last 2-4 years. We are seeing price drops closer to 20% per year after several decades at 6% price … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged consumer confidence, Economy, energy, GDP, industrial production, Michael Sankowski, solar energy
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March 2013 CPI Moderates to 1.5% Year-over-Year Inflation
by Doug Short and Steven Hansen The March 2013 Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) year-over-year inflation rate fell from 1.7% to 1.5% . Core inflation (CPI less food and energy) fell slightly also from 2.0% to 1.9%. The dynamics were large … Continue reading
February 2013 CPI Rises to 2.0% Year-over-Year Inflation
by Doug Short and Steven Hansen The February 2013 Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) year-over-year inflation rate rose from 1.7% to 2.0% – with the largest month-over-month jump in over a year. Core inflation (CPI less food and energy) rose slightly … Continue reading
January 2013 CPI Moderates to 1.6% Year-over-Year Inflation
by Doug Short and Steven Hansen The January 2013 Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) year-over-year inflation rate fell modestly from 1.7% to 1.6%. Core inflation (CPI less food and energy) remained at 1.9%. The dynamics are moderate increase from services, but … Continue reading
Stratfor: Russian Energy Strategy
By By Lauren Goodrich and Marc Lanthemann, Stratfor The future of Russia’s ability to remain a global energy supplier and the strength the Russian energy sector gives the Kremlin are increasingly in question. After a decade of robust energy exports … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged energy, exports, gas, Lauren Goodrich, Marc Lanthemann, OIL, peak oil, russia, saudi arabia, Stratfor
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December 2012 CPI Moderates to 1.7% Year-over-Year Inflation
by Doug Short and Steven Hansen The November 2012 Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) year-over-year inflation rate fell modestly from 1.8% to 1.7%. Core inflation (CPI less food and energy) remained at 1.9%. The dynamics are moderate increase from food, but … Continue reading
Stratfor: Geopolitics of Shale
By Robert D. Kaplan, Chief Geopolitical Analyst According to the elite newspapers and journals of opinion, the future of foreign affairs mainly rests on ideas: the moral impetus for humanitarian intervention, the various theories governing exchange rates and debt rebalancing … Continue reading
Posted in China, Energy, macroeconomics
Tagged energy, Robert D. Kaplan, shale, Stratfor, world
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November 2012 CPI Declines to 1.8% Inflation Year-over-Year
by Steven Hansen and Doug Short The November 2012 Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) annual inflation rate fell modestly from 2.2% to 1.8%. Core inflation (CPI less food and energy) decreased slightly from 2.0% to 1.9%annual inflation. Per the BLS: “Hurricane … Continue reading
October 2012 CPI Rises to 2.2% Inflation Year-over-Year
by Steven Hansen and Doug Short The October 2012 Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) annual inflation rate grew from 2.0% to 2.2%. Core inflation (CPI less food and energy) was unchanged at 2.0% annual inflation. The dynamics are energy and food … Continue reading
September 2012 CPI Shows Annual Inflation Grew to 2.0%
by Steven Hansen and Doug Short The September 2012 Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) annual inflation rate grew from 1.7% to 2.0%. Core inflation (CPI less food and energy) grew slightly from 1.9% to 2.0% annual inflation. The dynamics are energy … Continue reading
Gasoline Use Down, Recession Possibility Up
Written by Steven Hansen There are enough analysts believing the USA is in, or about to be in, a recession – that one is kept in a higher alert status for signs. These informed opinions need to be taken seriously … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly Economic Summary, aa syndication
Tagged diesel, Economy, ECRI, energy, gasoline, recession, Steven Hansen, unemployment, weekly review
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August 2012 CPI Up Slightly to 1.7% Annual Inflation Mostly Due to Oil
by Steven Hansen and Doug Short The August 2012 Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) annual inflation rate grew from 1.4% back to 1.7%. Core inflation (CPI less food and energy) eased slightly from 2.1% to 1.9% annual inflation. The dynamics are … Continue reading
July 2012 CPI Shows Offsetting Inflationary Dynamics
by Steven Hansen and Doug Short The July 2012 Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) annual inflation rate contracted from 1.7% to 1.4. Core inflation (CPI less food and energy) eased slightly from 2.2% to 2.1% annual inflation. The dynamics are energy … Continue reading
Dealing with Territorial Claims in a Thawing Arctic
by Ricardo Cornejo, GEI Associate Santa Claus’s days of reigning over a sovereign and independent North Pole are ceasing to exist as temperatures in the Arctic Circle warm up and the natural resource, land grab by surrounding countries nears. Danish … Continue reading
Effect of Global Warming on U.S. Energy Consumption
by Elliott Morss, Morss Global Finance Introduction Global warming is causing temperatures to rise. That will mean a greater demand for air conditioning and less for heating. Will the demand for more air conditioning be greater or less than the … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged air conditioning, climate change, Elliott Morss, energy, energy consumption, global warming, heating
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Think Carefully about an All-Electric World
by Elliott Morss, Morss Global Finance Introduction Increasingly, the world is using electricity. In 1973, global consumption of electricity was only 9% of the energy total. By 2009, the electricity share had increased to 17% [1]. Wouldn’t it be great … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged all-electric world, electricity, electricity waste, Elliott Morss, energy
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June 2012 CPI Essentially Unchanged
by Steven Hansen and Doug Short The May 2012 Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) annual inflation rate was unchanged at 1.7%. Core inflation (CPI less food and energy) eased slightly from 2.3% to 2.2% annual inflation. The dynamics of the components … Continue reading
May 2012 CPI Continues to Moderate, Core Inflation Again Unchanged
by Steven Hansen and Doug Short The May 2012 Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) annual inflation rate fell from 2.3% to 1.7%. Core inflation (CPI less food and energy) was unchanged again at 2.3% annual inflation. The Producer Price Index (released … Continue reading
Posted in Prices - PPI, CPI and More
Tagged Advisor Perspectives, consumer prices, CPI, Doug Short, dshort.com, energy, export prices, finished goods, food, gasoline, inflation, PPI, producer prices, Steven Hansen
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