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

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

Inflation Was Low in 2017, But Concerns Remain

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

A Modern Economic Scientist’s Appraisal of Henry George

Research Reports, Special Bulleltin July 18, 1952

April Business Conditions Monthly

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

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

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

March Business Conditions Monthly

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

Apparel Prices Jump for a Second Consecutive Month

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

February Business Conditions Monthly

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

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

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.

Everyday Prices Start 2018 With a 0.7 Percent Surge

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

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