Topic
Inflation
336 published works
Keeping It Real Estate
Is it RIP for the RPI?
The Retail Prices Index has been an official inflation measure since 1956 but a new consultation could spell the end for its current popularity in real estate transactions. Launched on…
Keeping It Real Estate
Dominic Sandbrook looks back at the 1970s
By Jane Dockeray, Ingrid Stables
Bagpuss, The Wombles, Space Hoppers and Star Wars – icons of the 1970s as remembered by Dominic Sandbrook and the audience of real estate professionals at the 2012 Hogan Lovells…
The Right Coast
George Will: A different kind of inflation problem – The Washington Post
Fortunately, not everything is up to date in Kansas City. Esther George, president of the regional Federal Reserve Bank here, is refreshingly retrograde regarding what less circumspect people welcome as…
The Right Coast
China’s Inflation Rises, Industrial Production Growth Slows
China's inflation accelerated from a 30-month low in August, reducing possibilities of another monetary easing, while a weaker-than-expected industrial output growth put pressure for more stimulus.via www.rttnews.com
The Right Coast
Alternate Inflation Charts
The CPI-U (consumer price index) is the broadest measure of consumer price inflation for goods and services published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). While the headline number usually is…
The Right Coast
“Is Inflation Returning?” by Martin Feldstein | Project Syndicate
Inflation is now low in every industrial country, and the combination of high unemployment and slow GDP growth removes the usual sources of upward pressure on prices. Nevertheless, financial investors…
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Inflation is dangerousTom Smith
Inflation as a policy tool is like those fires the Forest Service sets, so-called "controlled burns". They work well, except when they don't. It's hot, windy, and there's lots of…
Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog
Inflation Outstrips the Rate of Return
Readers of my blog will recall that I often write about the use of a total offset when calculating future lost income. Too often, plaintiffs' attorneys hire economic analysts who,…
The Right Coast
RealClearMarkets – More Inflation Isn’t the AnswerTom Smith
Inflation is not the answer. Remember: The economy's basic problem is poor confidence spawned by pervasive uncertainties. The Fed shouldn't make the problem worse by embracing policies that, whatever their…
Business and Commercial
Captain Renault on the Inflation of AmLaw PPP reports
By Patrick Lamb
"I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on here." Captain Renault to Rick Blaine, in Casablanca. Law Firm Profits Called Inflated, from the Wall Street Journal. The source…