Showing posts with label INFLATION 2014. Show all posts
Showing posts with label INFLATION 2014. Show all posts
Sunday, December 21, 2014

Obama says you're better off than when he took office, except you are not

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click to enlarge Obama says, quoted here : "Like the rest of America, black America in the aggregate is better off now than i...
Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Average hourly earnings are up 2.69% year over year, inflation 1.66% suggesting Fed tightening may be coming

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Earnings are actually getting ahead of the curve in the latest data, suggesting the Fed may move to raise interest rates as "planned...
Tuesday, November 25, 2014

3Q2014 GDP revised up to 3.9% on surge in net exports (refined petroleum) and government spending (war on ISIS)

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Today's second estimate of 3Q2014 real GDP surprised to the upside, rising to 3.9% from 3.5%. Consensus estimates had GDP declining to...
Saturday, November 15, 2014

Jonathan Gruber exposed in a sixth video, touting how he deliberately designed ObamaCare to mislead

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Jake Tapper for CNN here : In previously posted but only recently noticed speeches, Gruber discusses how those pushing the bill took p...
Saturday, October 11, 2014

US Federal Reserve continues to fail against deflationary headwinds

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Bloomberg reports here : The Fed needs a clear strategy for getting the inflation rate higher after falling short of its 2 percent targ...
Friday, October 3, 2014

11.2 million fewer people contribute to the economy today than in 2007

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You'll have to do the math. Rick Newman, here : ... there are still more than 16 million Americans who are unemployed or worki...
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Tyler Durden of Zero Hedge is crazy, but you knew that

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The website that specializes in the economic wacky, lately popular on the right as a rhetorical club against Obama which Tyler Durden exploi...
Friday, May 16, 2014

Warped New York Times views inflation as sign of increased demand

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Nelson D. Schwartz, here : Besides the increase in consumer prices reported on Thursday, data Wednesday on producer prices showed a rise of ...
Friday, April 11, 2014

Food prices are up 9.52% in the last four years, average hourly earnings just 8.28%

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And it's gotten worse in March as reported here : U.S. producer prices recorded their largest increase in nine months in March...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

The Federal Reserve Couldn't Hit A Bull In The Ass With A Sack Of Peaches, Let Alone Target The Inflation Rate

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The all items CPI had climbed to 219.016 on July 1, 2008 and didn't surpass that level again until October 1, 2010 at 219.024. The defla...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

What This Country Needs Is A Good 5-cent Dollar

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Which would be an improvement of 25%.
Friday, February 28, 2014

Huge Revision DOWN To Q4 2013 GDP, 25%, From 3.2% To 2.4% In Second Estimate

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From bea.gov here : Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United Sta...