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Harmonized Inflation

By Jeffrey P. Snider|2015-02-27T16:13:23-05:00February 27th, 2015|Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets|

France was the latest Eurozone country to announce officially an entrance into negative “inflation.” The French were very cautious, overly it might be said, to assure that such an outcome was not at risk of pushing that economy into “deflation.” Apparently, rigidity in wages from socialism is a factor as an economic buffer, though left unanswered is where such an [...]

Zero Sum Inflation?

Official measures of inflation don’t really tell us what they are designed to demonstrate. Any expectations of veracity should be very much tempered by the real world complications of price changes. Ultimately, we are trying to measure redistribution of the sort that is as far, far from homogenous. The effects of price changes are going to be drastically different across [...]

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