Archive for inflation
Bernanke Successfully Re-Inflating Housing, Unbeknownst To Shiller

Adapted from the Wall Street Examiner. There were two major housing data releases today. One of them is important. The other was a misleading misdirection play, as it usually is. Due to its… Read more
BEA Adjusts Second Quarter GDP Growth Back Upward

This article has been contributed by the Consumer Metrics Institute. The Bureau of Economic Analysis’s (BEA) third estimate of second quarter 2011 U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was reported to… Read more
Consumer Metrics Institute News: August 26, 2011 – BEA Lowers Second Quarter GDP Growth Rate to Below 1%

Contributed by the Consumer Metrics Institute. The Bureau of Economic Analysis’s (BEA) second estimate of second quarter 2011 U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was reported to be 0.98%, continuing… Read more
BEA Reports 1Q-2011 and “Great Recession” Far Worse Than We Had Been Previously Told

Contributed by the Consumer Metrics Institute Included in the BEA’s first (“Advance”) estimate of second quarter 2011 GDP were significant downward revisions to previously published data, some… Read more
Bernanke’s Big Plan to Bluff Housing Back to the Bulls

Contributed by Ben Thorpe at Benzinga. There are now three guarantees in life: death, taxes, and another round of quantitative easing. Ben Bernanke has played coy the last three days,… Read more
Bernankenstein Confirms Monster Experiments

In testimony before the House Financial Services Committee today, Fed Chairman Bernankenstein confirmed in his own words what I have been writing for months. Here’s how Marketwatch.com put… Read more
Worry About Debt Ceiling Machinations Misses Bigger Points (Podcast)
Russ Winter of Winter Watch and Aaron Krowne of ML-Implode.com join the Wall Street Examiner’s Lee Adler as they continue their regular brief updates on the market and economic scene, with… Read more
Markets Know QE2 Is “Transitory”
Originally posted June 6th over at The Wall Street Examiner. Virtually all key liquidity indicators are negative as the markets hurtle toward the end of QE in a little over 3 weeks. Large domestic… Read more
