by sslifer | Apr 11, 2024 | Inflation, NumberNomics Notes
April 11 2024 The Producer Price Index for final demand includes producer prices for goods, as well as prices for construction, services, government purchases, and exports and covers over 75% of domestic production. Producer prices for final demand roe 0.2% in March...
by sslifer | Jun 13, 2023 | Inflation, NumberNomics Notes
June 13, 2023 Gasoline prices fell $0.03 in the week ending June 5 to $3.54 after having risen $0.04 in the previous week. In South Carolina gasoline prices tend to be about $0.25 below the national average or $3.29. The EIA currently expects gasoline prices...
by sslifer | Jun 4, 2021 | Commentary for the Week, NumberNomics Notes
June 4, 2021 As each month passes it is clear that the demand side of the economy is showing no sign of slowing down. On the production side, employers are able to hire a respectable number of new workers but they need far more bodies than they are able to find. In...
by sslifer | Mar 2, 2018 | Commentary for the Week, NumberNomics Notes
March 2, 2018 The Fed has embarked on a course of very slow and gradual increases in interest rates over the past two years designed to bring the funds rate into closer alignment with its historical average. It has been able to proceed slowly because the inflation...
by sslifer | May 13, 2011 | Commentary for the Week
May 13, 2011 The inflation rate acceleration has been troublesome ever since commodity prices began their ascent in October of last year. This run-up in prices was partly attributable to a faster pace of global manufacturing activity, and partly to...
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