Core CPI: Blips or Trends Here’s a plot of three measures of core m/m inflation. I don’t see hyper (or even high ) inflation on the horizon, as some do [0] [1]. Since one observation doesn’t make a trend, for good measure I include also 3 month inflation. Figure 1: Month on month annualized inflation [...]
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Is Mechanical Breakdown Insurance Worth It?
May 19th, 2011 
admin Car trouble is so often the worst kind of trouble. Few things can rip a hole in your budget so rapidly and so thoroughly. A new transmission (~$2,500) or rack and pinion (~$1,000) can wipe out a rainy day fund in one cruel clank or clunk. And it’s these types of unexpected problems that make [...]
The Triple-Digit IPO League Tables
May 19th, 2011 admin With today’s performance, <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=LNKD"… [cont.] [Full post at my Bloomberg blog] View full post on Paul Kedrosky’s Infectious Greed
Watching the debt ceiling with KKR & MetLife…
May 19th, 2011 admin All eyes in official Washington are on the debt ceiling, that self-imposed borrowing limit that was technically reached on Monday. By temporarily halting federal retirement-fund investments, the day of reckoning — that is, absent an increase in the limit, the day the federal government would have to decide whether to default on its debt or [...]
Will China Have a Labor Shortage, Sending Inflation Out of Control?
May 19th, 2011 admin An interesting post by Edward Harrison on the Credit Writedowns website suggests a Labour shortage could spell inflation and trade deficits for China Informed researchers are asking what happens to China based on the recent demographic shift from rural labour surplus to rural labour deficit. The answer may be slower growth and higher inflation, according [...]
