Written by Steven Hansen The Producer Price Index format and breakdown has been reworked this month, and it likely will take some time to make sense of this data.
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EROEI: A Useful Measure or a Distraction?
Random Thoughts from the High Desert by Sig Silber EROEI = Usable Acquired Energy / Energy Expended It seems so simple. If the amount of energy produced relative to the amount of energy utilized in producing that energy tends to decline, at some point as the ratio approaches 1.0 (or perhaps even becomes a fraction …
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January 2014 CPI Inflation Again Moderately Grows
by Doug Short and Steven Hansen The January 2014 Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) year-over-year inflation rate increased again marginally fueled by rise in energy prices.
January 2014 Producer Prices Index Has Been Reworked
Written by Steven Hansen The Producer Price Index has been reworked, and if you view it from last months report there is little change. This index is volatile (noisy).
December 2013 CPI Inflation Moderately Grows
by Doug Short and Steven Hansen The December 2013 Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) year-over-year inflation rate increased again marginally fueled by rise in energy prices.