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Annual Inflation Below 1%
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released their monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) data on Friday January 16th for December and for the first time since 2009 reported annual inflation below 1%...
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Deflation Days are Here Again
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) data today for the month of January. The verdict was that inflation had fallen rapidly from 0.76% in December to a...
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Deflation Almost Zero
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the inflation statistics for the month of February on March 24th. According to the official numbers there was neither inflation nor deflation for the 12...
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Deflation Watch: Key Economic Measures Turn South
Last month (12 months ending January 2015) inflation dipped below zero resulting in an annual deflation of -0.09% rounded to -0.1% by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The 12 months ending in...
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Living in a Free-Lunch World
It seems that every once in a while, we awake from a deep sleep with what appears to us to be a brilliant revelation. If we don’t write them down often they will be forgotten by morning. Sometimes in...
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Deflation Again
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the inflation statistics for the month of March on April 17th. Once again we have slight deflation on an Annual basis. The Consumer Price index (CPI-U) at...
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“Glinda the Good” Deflation Isn’t Looking So… Good
Cold weather, falling wages, bizarre fluke? The real reason consumers aren’t spending is… defensive, deflationary psychology By Elliott Wave International Editor’s note: You’ll find the text version...
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April Ends Another Deflationary Year
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and Inflation report on May 22nd for the year ending in April. This resulted in the 4th month in a row where the...
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World War D—Deflation
In today’s article John Mauldin looks at the “Big D” deflation plus the difference between the out look and time-frame of the average investor and that of the professional money manager. He also looks...
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BLS Releases May Inflation Stats
May’s monthly prices increase 0.51% but the annual inflation rate was still -0.04%. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and Inflation report for the...
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July Inflation Numbers Minimal
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and Inflation report for the year ending in July on August 19th . Annual Inflation came in at 0.17%. That means...
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Is Global Depression and Deflation Underway?
In an article we published on August 16th, called Markets Crashing, Gold Rising the author said, “The probability of U.S. interest rate hikes this fall is now falling a rock. We are once again hearing...
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Europe in Deflation: Got (cheap) Milk?
Why falling food prices are not a boon for Europe’s economy By Elliott Wave International In the early 1990s, two simple words from a genius ad campaign radically transformed the way the U.S. consumer...
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Fuzzy Inflation Logic
I recently received a scathing comment from “Cameron” on an article I had written several years ago entitled Food Price Inflation Since 1913. In the article I presented an interesting table that...
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Are Oil Companies Ripping us off with Gas Prices?
With the steady decline in gasoline prices during 2015 people aren’t too concerned with the price of gas anymore. But on occasion crude oil prices have fallen without the corresponding decline in...
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Inflation UP, CPI Down for November
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their inflation numbers for the year ending November 30th on December 15, 2015. The Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) for November was 237.336 down from 237.838...
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April Ends Another Deflationary Year
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and Inflation report on May 22nd for the year ending in April. This resulted in the 4th month in a row where the...
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World War D—Deflation
In today’s article John Mauldin looks at the “Big D” deflation plus the difference between the out look and time-frame of the average investor and that of the professional money manager. He also looks...
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BLS Releases May Inflation Stats
May’s monthly prices increase 0.51% but the annual inflation rate was still -0.04%. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and Inflation report for the...
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July Inflation Numbers Minimal
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and Inflation report for the year ending in July on August 19th . Annual Inflation came in at 0.17%. That means...
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