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Jon OggA slew of economic data was released this morning. We got a look at retail sales, wholesale inflation via producer prices, and also the Empire Manufacturing reading. Some data is more current...
The Labor Department has reported the level of wholesale inflation measured by the Producer Price Index. The reading for the month of July came in at +0.3% on the headline report, but the core rate...
The Labor Department’s report on wholesale inflation remains muted.  The Producer Price Index for the month of June was up by +0.1% and the core-rate which excludes food and energy was up by...
If inflation is rising it is not quite so evident in the wholesale inflation data.  The Producer Price Index for March was reported as Flat or 0.0% and the core rate which takes out food and energy...
The Labor Department is out with two market-moving reports.  The weekly Jobless Claims came in at very impressive levels compared to the past and the Producer Price Index looks a bit mixed between...
The Labor Department has just released its data on retail inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index.  This was the December 2011 level and the figure came to +0.1% on the headline CPI and also...
The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics has just released the December 2011 producer price index as a measurement of wholesale inflation in the United States.  The December figure came...
Inflation is transitory… That is what you are told over and over by the likes of Ben Bernanke and friends at the Federal Reserve.  The reading of wholesale inflation, measured by the Producer...
Twitter  has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million...
Twitter  has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million...