The Inflation Post Mortem Begins
Now that CPI is truly trending down, and the dust has settled, the economics profession can get down to what really caused inflation, how...
Food Deflation Begins
Just from my own shopping experience, it appears that food prices had stopped rising awhile ago. Many larger retailers, like WalMart and...
The Fed Should Cut Now
Far be it from me, a small lone voice to weigh in on this, but others with BIG voices have been saying the same thing for some time: The...
This Soviet Economy
One can almost feel sorry for those who didn't live through the Cold War. Life was simpler then, as there was only one evil. And it...
Personal Finance: Defusing Interest Costs
I don't usually dip my toe into this on this site, but it occurs to me most people don't internalize the fact that a lender can't charge...
CPI for CPI's Sake?
Now that the pandemic era is well and truly in the rear view mirror, it's time to assess where we are in the economy as it stands now and...
The Rent Vs. Own Debate
With the housing market being convulsed by the whipsaw effect of the pandemic, and a shortage of inventory decades in the making, there...
Lending Tree's Trillion Dollar Nothing Burger
I have recently been made aware of a monthly report issued by Lending Tree that tracks credit card balances. Unfortunately, this is the...
Did I Get It Right On Unions?
I've written two pieces on the irrelevance of trade unions in the modern (American) workforce in the past, but recent actions by the UAW...
QT Continues Apace
The Fed continues to shrink its balance sheet, at least on the Treasuries side, dropping to $4.7 Trillion as of February 14th, 2024....
