Posts Tagged ‘
Producer Price Index ’
May 4th, 2009 |
By Rick Pendergraft |
Category: Politics & Economics
I heard comedian Drew Hastings on the radio the other morning. Actually, I should say I heard Drew’s alter ego Jack Freeman on the radio the other morning. Drew does a parody of success gurus with the character of Jack Freeman.
Tags: budget deficits, Consumer Price Index, Foreign Investments, inflation, Obama, Producer Price Index, Stimulus
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Dec 8th, 2008 |
By William Patalon III |
Category: Financial News
With the benchmark Federal Funds rate already down to 1.0%, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben. S. Bernanke has only so much room for another cut (although many economists are predicting an additional half-percentage-point cut at the Dec.15-16 meeting).
Tags: AMZN, AT&T Inc, BAC, Bernanke, Black Friday, BZH, Comscore, COST, Credit Markets, Dramatic Decline, Federal Funds Rate, Ford Motor Co., GE, Gm, GS, HMC, Holiday Sales, MER, National Retail Federation, Producer Price Index, RIMM, SCOR, TM, Toys R Us Inc, U S Treasury, William Patalon III
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Dec 3rd, 2008 |
By Martin Hutchinson |
Category: Financial News
The U.S. Producer Price Index (PPI) and Consumer Price Index (CPI) both fell in October. Those declines – combined with sharp downward spirals in worldwide stock and commodity prices – have caused many analysts, and even central bankers, to worry that we are on the brink of deflation.
Tags: BAC, Bailout, Commodity Prices, CPI, GLD, Global Financial Crisis, Gold Prices, Martin Hutchinson, PPI, Producer Price Index, recession, Stock Market, U S Treasury, U S Treasury Department, Wage Increases, WAMUQ
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Nov 19th, 2008 |
By Andrew Snyder |
Category: Gold Market
There are a lot of forces impacting the gold market, yet prices are barely moving. Demand is soaring, but prices are dropping. What gives?
Tags: American Economy, Andrew Snyder, Consumer Index, ETFs, Exchange Traded Funds, Gold Investors, Gold Market, Gold Prices, Producer Price Index, Retail Investors, Wholesale Prices
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Aug 19th, 2008 |
By J. Christoph Amberger |
Category: Financial News, Politics & Economics
The Labor Department reported that its Producer Price Index (PPI) increased by 1.2% in July and by 9.8% in the past year. A hefty increase… but given the press we’ve had on gasoline, energy, milk, grain and candy bar prices, it probably did not come quite unexpected.
Tags: inflation, J. Christoph Amberger, Producer Price Index
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May 29th, 2008 |
By Contrarian Profits |
Category: Featured, Financial News
Food price inflation is set to continue, according to a recently released UN report on food prices. This from CNN:
World food prices will fall from current peaks in the coming years but will remain “substantially above” average levels from the past decade.
The world’s poorest nations are most vulnerable — particularly the urban poor in food-importing countries — and will require increased humanitarian aid to stave off hunger and undernourishment, a joint agricultural outlook by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said.
Tags: Agricultural Outlook, Bill Bonner, Cnn, credit crisis, Daily Reckoning, Economic Cooperation, Fed Policy, Food Price Inflation, Organization For Economic Cooperation And Development, Producer Price Index, World Food Prices
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May 20th, 2008 |
By Contrarian Profits |
Category: Featured, Financial News
The core US inflation rate or Producer Price Index (PPI) — a measure of the prices of goods excluding food and energy — rose 0.4% in April, double the increase forecast by economists.
This puts the core US inflation rate up 3% in the past year, the biggest year-over-year rise since late 1991.
The PPI figures are unlikely to affect the markets which, according to a report by MarketWatch, “don’t seem to trust the government’s inflation figures that show falling energy prices in a world of record crude oil prices.”
Tags: , Bill Bonner, credit crisis, Crude Oil Prices, Daily Reckoning, energy prices, fed, Food Prices, Inflation Expectations, Inflation Figures, Inflation Rate, Money Week, PPI, Producer Price Index
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Apr 16th, 2008 |
By Doug Casey |
Category: US Dollar & Forex Trading
In the currency market, the dollar posted a modest gain against the euro. Late Tuesday, the euro was trading at $1.5791 vs. $1.5803 on Monday.
Tags: , Bear Stearns, Core Ppi, dollar, fed, inflation, Producer Price Index, recession
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Apr 14th, 2008 |
By Rick Pendergraft |
Category: Politics & Economics
In addition to all the earnings reports mentioned above, the economic calendar is full with important reports this week. Among those that jump out at me are the Producer Price Index, Consumer Price Index, the Philly Fed Survey, and Leading Indicators.
Tags: Consumer Price Index, Index Report, inflation, Producer Price Index, Retail Sales
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