On Friday, the Trump administration will release a legally mandated data report on inflation due to the requirements needed for Social Security and other agencies […]
Tag: CPI-U
Trump’s Nixonization of the US Economy
The absurdity of today’s behavior by the Trump administration was put on full display by United States Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and US […]
If There Really Was No Inflation, This Product Line Would Not Exist
The middle and lower class of America is broke. Well, not destitute but 1970’s stagflation style out of gas with no ability to deal with […]
The Fed Will Cut 50 bps But Trigger an Eventual Equity Disaster
This Wednesday the bulls will be all jacked up, sipping their Zimas and prepping for a massive market rally after Federal Reserve Chairman steps up […]
The Dangerous Historic Warning From the Gold Market
Sometimes the dangerous parallels are just to obvious to ignore. Way back, okay, perhaps still in my lifetime but not that far back, the United […]
Consumer Inflation Has Begun it’s Tariff Spike
Just like any other soap opera, the middle class family of the 1970’s used to stay glued to it’s television set and see the commercials […]
Inflation? What Inflation? Shut up Knaves!
In one of Mel Brooks most definitive works, a scene where he is playing King Louis the XVI and the “piss boy” summarizes pretty much […]
Today’s CPI Report Was Soviet Level Propaganda
I’ll bet Joseph Stalin was blushing in hell reading this gigantic steaming pile of nonsense. What is your esteemed author talking about? I just arrived […]
The Fed Should Pray for a Recession
The Federal Reserve now faces the ultimate challenge heading into an election year. As many long time observers have said, the Fed governors, despite their […]
The FOMC Meeting this Week: Stagflation or Crisis?
The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee meets this week and faces the ultimate decision regarding the creature they have unleashed on the global economy: Do […]
The Next Inflationary Surge is the Big One
Throughout the United States history of inflation and deflation, one thing is certain: The Federal Reserve and political elites will make it worse in either […]
Some Inflation Reality: It’s Worse than Today’s Report
When these pages or this author is wrong, I always want to lead an article or commentary off with an admission. This morning on FinTwit […]
The Coming Summer of the Crazy 4’s
The sad truth about the world we live in now is that insanity is the new normal, and the old normal is now considered a […]
Grocery Store Creepflation Rides Again
Sometimes, and I do mean quite rarely, the mainstream news media does not lie: Soaring Food Prices Undermine Biden’s Economic Pitch to Voters – Bloomberg […]
Gold’s Inflation Dilemma
The age old adage that the shiny monetary metal throughout history has always been the ultimate hedge against inflationary times is now being challenged by […]