interfluidity.powerblogs.com - 10/28/2009
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Commenter "reason" asks a question:...
frbsf.org - 11/3/2009
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frbsf.org —
Inflation as measured by the consumer price index
(CPI) has declined rapidly and even turned negative since...
the peak of oil and other commodity prices in mid-2008 (see Figure 1). In light of current high unemployment and prospects for a slow recovery, ...
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FRBSF Economic Letter: Inflation Expectations and the ...
hf-implode.com - 10/25/2009
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hf-implode.com —
" Most of us are gathered at the
station, watching for the Inflation Express to come rumbling...
in. But we’ve been waiting for a while now. Just when should we expect the big locomotive to arrive and start pushing the prices of most things uphill We’d all like to know the exact date, of course, ...
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When Will Inflation Really Hit Us?
etftrends.com - 10/29/2009
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etftrends.com —
Index IQ has introduced two new exchange traded
funds (ETFs) that are intended to provide a hedge...
against inflation. The new ETFs offered by Index IQ are: IQ CPI Inflation Hedged ETF (NYSEArca: CPI) IQ ARB Global Resources ETF(NYSEArca: GRES) As ...
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Two New Ways to Hedge Inflation With ETFs
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links for 2009-10-27
Economist's View —
... Calvo pricing is a costly assumption - Economic Logic
Asset inflation, price inflation, and the great moderation - Interfluidity ...
Assorted links
Marginal Revolution —
1. The truth about Zora Neale Hurston.
2. Rortybomb on libertarianism and feminism.
3. Soros puts up $50 million to change economics.
4. Brilliant post on the Great Moderation.
5. Why you can't get the swine flu vaccine.
6. "Sichuan Pavilion makes Hong Kong Palace look like Burger King."
Wednesday links: stale prices
Abnormal Returns —
... Steve Randy Waldman, “The great moderation made aggregate GDP and employment numbers look good, and central bankers sincerely believed they were doing a good job. They were wrong.” (Interfluidity also ...
The State of the Economy, I
EconLog: Library of Economics and Liberty —
Another strand of pessimism looks backward and revises the two decades from 1985 to 2005 as being a false prosperity. Michael Mandel is in this camp. So is Steven Randy Waldman . I think the United States has made terrible aggregate investment decisions over the last 30 years, and will continue to do so as long as a "ride the bubble then hide in banks" strategy pays off. Under the moderation dynamic, resource allocation is managed alternately by compromised capital markets and fiscal stimulators, neither of which make remotely good choices. I think this overstates the case. I ...
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good ...
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blog.andyharless.com 6/17/2009 — Most of the media seem to have interpreted today’s lower-than-expected increase in the producer price index as good news. I’m not so sure. If you were worried that 5% inflation was just around the corner, then naturally you will have felt relief. ...
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247wallst.com 10/15/2009 — We have just gotten the Labor Department’s measure of retail inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index. The September reading still has inflation running tame, and many will be watching for more of the Producer Price Index data as a result ...
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globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com 1/26/2009 — Adam Hamilton at Zeal is predicting Big Inflation Coming . The growing legions of deflationists see an unstoppable depression-like deflationary spiral approaching like a freight train. They cite some convincing data. The stock markets have been cut in ...
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