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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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