Politicians love to posture regarding trade between the U.S. and China, and articles in the financial media frequently speculate on the year in which the Chinese economy could surpass that of the U.S. Most of us have a difficult time evaluating these discussions...
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I often hear complaints like, “the inflation rate as reported by the U.S. Government drastically understates the increase in my cost of living.” Well, the CPI is a blend of price changes for more than 80,000 items weighted by the actual expenditures of...
A key element in our recent economic discussions has been the mechanism by which the FED’s interest rate increases are expected to slow the economy, and ultimately, inflation. This process is best described by the acronym HOPE. The first sector of the economy...
This has been a miserable year for investors with global stocks down 17.4% and a broad U.S. bond index falling 10.9%. The pain has been particularly intense for “balanced” portfolios in that the -14.8% year-to-date return on a 60% stock / 40% bond...
Given the growth in ecommerce, it should be obvious that there is tremendous demand for carboard packaging. However, as yet another Amazon box landed on my doorstep, I realized that I had never thought about the impact of ecommerce on the size, scope...
In the 1950’s, 97% of men in the prime employment age group of 25 to 54 were either working or actively looking for work. That figure began to decline in the early 1960’s and has now fallen to 88%. Given that there are...