bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 11/19/2008
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With today's negative print in the October PPI, producer prices have now declined for three straight months. Since 1947, there have only been 13 other periods where the PPI declined for three months or more. The longest streak was in 1997 when the PPI declined by 1.6% over a six-month span. In ...
Record Low PPI
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 8/23/2009 — In a reminder that the current economic situation is far from normal, today's year/year change in the PPI came in at a record low of negative 6.8%. Going back to 1949, this is the lowest level ever, easily eclipsing the prior record low of -5.2% from ...
Second Lowest PPI Reading on Record
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 6/16/2009 — This morning's 5% decline in the year/year (y/y) Producer Price Index (PPI) was the second lowest reading in the history of the indicator (going back to 1948). Tomorrow, we will get a read on consumer prices with the release of the CPI. Heading into ...
Producers Price Index (PPI) - October
econompicdata.blogspot.com 11/18/2008 — Per the BLS : The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods fell 2.8 percent in October, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decrease followed a 0.4-percent decline in September and a ...
deflation in china
declineandfallofwesterncivilization.blogspot.com 12/4/2008 — the call from morgan stanley . Despite still relatively high CPI and PPI inflation at the current juncture, we believe that a perfect storm for deflation is gathering strength under the surface and is expected to bring about a deflationary impulse in 1H09, which may morph into persistent ...
Deflation Worries
gregmankiw.blogspot.com 11/21/2008 — From Google Trends , here is a graph of the i nternet search volume for the word "deflation." Note the sizable spike of late. Presumably, this is not because motorists are suddenly worried about their tires running out of air.
Deflation?
gregmankiw.blogspot.com 6/18/2009 — The above graph, from the Cleveland Fed , shows inflation as measured by the consumer price index and by a measure called the median CPI. As every grade school student learns when the teacher reports result of the latest test, the average of any ...
DEFLATION ?
angrybear.blogspot.com 3/22/2009 — By Spencer, Did you know that over the last six months the compound growth of the total CPI was -5.0%. Of course that is up from January when it was - 5.8%. You have to go back to 1948 to find actual deflation like this, when it bottomed at -4.2%.. ...
Embrace Deflation - It's The Cure, Not The Problem
globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com 6/28/2009 — Concern over Japanese deflation is increasing. Please consider Japan Succumbs to Deflation as Consumer Prices Fall Record 1.1% . Japan’s consumer prices fell at a record pace in May, adding to the risk that deflation will become entrenched and hamper ...
Deflation?
knzn.blogspot.com 11/29/2008 — The bad news is that the headaches and fatigue you’ve been experiencing aren’t just stress. According to our tests, you have a serious illness, and if it’s not treated soon, you could be dead within a year or two. The good news is that the treatment ...
PPI January: Up Month over Month; Down Year over Year
econompicdata.blogspot.com 2/19/2009 — BLS reports: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods rose 0.8 percent in January, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This increase followed declines of 1.9 percent in December and ...
Should We Be Scared of Deflation? —
The Big Money 11/20/2008
The U.S. government today reported that inflation dropped by 1 percent in October—the biggest drop in the 61 years inflation records have been kept. Last month, The Big Money ran this piece by Martha C. White, explaining what deflation might ...
Deflation Fears Sucks Air Out of Markets —
The Big Money 11/20/2008
Sound the alarms! Consumer prices are in a free-fall, stoking fears the economy is on the precipice of deflation. The Labor Department on Wednesday reported the prices of consumer goods fell by 1 percent in October , the biggest one month drop in ...
Deflation Fears Suck Air out of Markets —
The Big Money 11/20/2008
Sound the alarms! Consumer prices are in a freefall, stoking fears the economy is on the precipice of deflation. The Labor Department on Wednesday reported the prices of consumer goods fell by 1 percent in October , the biggest one-month drop in 61 ...
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