Pertinent Category: Archive

Energy and Prescription-Drug Prices Surge in the AIER Everyday Price Index

– June 12, 2018

AIER’s Everyday Price Index jumped 0.9 percent in May, above the 0.4 percent gain in the Consumer Price Index. The EPI measures price changes people see in everyday purchases such as groceries, restaurant meals, gasoline, and utilities. The EPI is not …

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May Business Conditions Monthly

– May 11, 2018

AIER’s Business Cycle Conditions Leading Indicators index posted its second straight 100 in April as all 12 individual indicators continue to expand. The Roughly Coincident Indicators index also registered its second consecutive perfect 100 and its 11t …

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Gasoline Prices Fuel 0.8 Percent Surge in the AIER Everyday Price Index

– May 10, 2018

AIER’s Everyday Price Index jumped 0.8 percent in April, ahead of the 0.4 percent gain in the Consumer Price Index. The EPI measures price changes people see in everyday purchases such as groceries, restaurant meals, gasoline, and utilities. The EPI is …

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Inflation Was Low in 2017, But Concerns Remain

– April 24, 2018

The more government inflates the money supply, the more that prices will eventually go up.

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A Modern Economic Scientist’s Appraisal of Henry George

– April 23, 2018

Research Reports, Special Bulleltin July 18, 1952

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April Business Conditions Monthly

– April 12, 2018

AIER’s Business Cycle Conditions Leading Indicators index reached a perfect 100 reading in March after coming in at 92 in February. The March result is the first 100 since January 2014. The Roughly Coincident Indicators index also registered a perfect …

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Drop in Energy Prices Offsets a Jump in Apparel Prices in March

– April 11, 2018

AIER’s Everyday Price Index fell 0.1 percent in March following a 0.4 percent rise in February. The EPI measures price changes people see in everyday purchases such as groceries, restaurant meals, gasoline, and utilities. As a comparison, the more wide …

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March Business Conditions Monthly

– March 16, 2018

AIER’s Business Cycle Conditions Leading Indicators index rose to a reading of 92 in February returning the index to the three-year high recorded for November and December. The Roughly Coincident Indicators index held at 92 for a second month, while th …

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Apparel Prices Jump for a Second Consecutive Month

– March 13, 2018

AIER’s Everyday Price Index (EPI) jumped 0.4 percent in February following a 0.7 percent surge in January. The EPI measures price changes people see in everyday purchases such as groceries, restaurant meals, gasoline, and utilities. As a comparison, th …

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February Business Conditions Monthly

– February 15, 2018

AIER’s Business Cycle Conditions Leading Indicators index fell to a reading of 88 in January, slightly below the three-year high of 92 recorded for November and December. The Roughly Coincident Indicators index pulled back to 92 after two months at 100 …

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The Real Problem With the DOJ’s Decision to Block the AT&T–Time Warner Merger

– February 15, 2018

If there is one entity this article can definitively criticize, it is the DOJ itself. In both the current AT&T/Time Warner matter and the NBCU/Comcast merger it allowed with numerous conditions in 2011, it relied on economic logic that can be called into question and mathematical models that were intended to formalize broad concepts in an academic setting, not predict the future with enough precision to provide grounds to approve or block multibillion-dollar mergers.

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Everyday Prices Start 2018 With a 0.7 Percent Surge

– February 14, 2018

AIER’s Everyday Price Index (EPI) jumped 0.7 percent in January following a 0.2 percent decline in December. The EPI measures price changes people see in everyday purchases such as groceries, restaurant meals, gasoline, and utilities. As a comparison, …

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