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: STICKY CPI
How Retailers Like Walmart Pass on Tariffs to the Public
After listening to Peter Navarro bark like a trained seal on Bloomberg Television this afternoon, I fear this brief thread is more necessary than ever. […]
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 […]
Bessent and Trump Again: Bragging or BS?
As I’ve said since day one of his administration version 2.0, I hope he succeeds in a lot of the policies he’s attempting but some […]
A Quick Prediction on Today’s CPI Report
If we’re all supposed to be dorks and believe the financial pump and dump media, the BLS report on CPI at 8:30 a.m. will be […]
Inflation is Under Control, Unless You Eat, Drink, Need a Doctor, or Drive a Car
The unfortunate part of enjoying a self-enforced news blackout during a hurricane is that one misses the big picture economic news events which keeps us […]
A Week of Market Instability Begins Tomorrow
There are periods where one can recall certain periods in market history and understand why events overwhelmed the economic group think. This past Thursday one […]
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 […]
Inflation is Still a Volckerian Problem for the Fed
In the days of old, before the media propaganda went insane, a just and wise emperor of the Fed named Paul Volcker gave us stable […]
Jay Powell Can Not Win Today
There is this growing theory of thought being promoted on the Bubblevisions (financial television) that the Federal Reserve is done raising rates. It is promoted […]
Today’s Inflation Report Was Not as Great as Advertised
This morning the Bureau of Lying Statistics issued their latest report on CPI and as usual, the Bubblevisions celebrated it with on air parties like […]
The Fed’s CPI Problem
On Wednesday, April 12th, the BLS will release the latest data set for the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) which consensus seems to think will be […]
The Inflation Disaster Gets Worse and Will Persist into 2023
The media has been playing a theme to protect “their boy” in charge plus “their team” in Washington, D.C. but reality has a nasty habit […]
Today’s CPI Inflation Report Expectation: Pain
The monthly report on consumer inflation from the government will be issued at 8:30 a.m. EDT this morning and the only expectation anyone should have […]