Inflation
-
12/21/09 Midday Report: The recovery is on, I read it on the internets
The market is rising today as people are becoming convinced that the economic recovery is real and not just the beginning of a double-dip recession (which is actually worse than double-dipping your chip at a party and not nearly as exciting as a good ATM double dip). Chicago Fed Chief Charles “Chuck E.” Evans maintains…
-
12/16/09 Midday Report: Inflation aint what it used to be
The market anxiously awaits Ben Bernanke’s language on interest rates today after the FOMC meeting (and at the meeting, I am told they are serving GDP growth with a side of bank lending, while the kitchen has been told explicitly to hold the Rates, make sure there is absolutely no inflation, and to not put…
-
12/15/09 Midday Report: Porter trims forces to 4 as commodities laugh at competitive advantages
The big news today is that wholesale inflation is up 1.8% and manufacturing in the US is churning out more goods people can’t afford to buy, especially if prices have to be raised now that input costs/commodities are moving up faster than expectations (weird that expectations were wrong, though much less weird than the new…