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Saturday, April 21, 2018
In November’s post “Few Friends for New Trends” I wrote, “Will incoming wage data and shifting trends in inflation eventually force bond and equity investors to reconsider their valuation assumptions and long-held beliefs? Current bottom-up analysis suggests it’s possible, but […]
Secular stagnation may have kicked-off 2016, but 2017 has started with a reflationary revival. In January, the consumer price index (CPI) recorded 2.5% year-over-year (YoY) growth – Its highest reading since early-2012. Inflation has been trending upward since 2015, but […]
Everything else has fallen in price over the years besides consumer goods The Chart of the Week is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature on Fridays. The way that economic data is presented, we often think of inflation as a singular […]
“Rexit” In Context by Matthews Asia by Rahul Gupta, Matthews Asia Over the weekend, the big news out of India was that Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan would not be seeking an extension to his term, which will […]
A Chart Showing Why Deflation Is Dead by Richard Turnill, BlackRock U.S. deflation is no longer an imminent risk. Global Chief Investment Strategist Richard Turnill’s chart of the week helps illustrate why. U.S. deflation is no longer an imminent risk. […]
Why Is Everyone So Bearish? The Bull Case – Stray Reflections by Jawad S. Mian, Stray Reflections – Readers can find a full report below – reposted with permission Why So Bearish? Judging by our conversations with market participants, global investors […]
A Chart That Captures The Skyrocketing College Costs by Polina Vlasenko, PhD – AIER My colleague, Patrick Coate, recently highlighted a story by Inside Higher Ed that discussed the relationship between the availability of student aid and the rising cost […]
Inflation Rises 1.4% – The Turn of the Screwflation Big Lou’s Pizza in San Antonio gives new meaning to redefining the size of a pie. At 42 inches, their large pizza could easily feed a famished family of six. Or […]
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Social Security: The Long Slow Default by Kirby R. Cundiff, Mises Institute When an investor buys an annuity or another retirement product from an insurance or mutual fund company, the contract is constant and enforceable through the United States court […]
China Growth – The Mirage by 720Global In our latest article, “China Growth – Miracle or Mirage” published October 20, 2015, we questioned whether China’s perfectly forecasted and uniquely steady economic growth is a mirage. On Friday morning, following Chinese […]