Friday, February 12, 2021

I’ve Got Reflation Fatigue

The following chart shows the 3-month moving average of the median CPI.


I'm continually told that the US economy is reflating. So where is it?

According to research from the Cleveland Fed, the Median CPI provides a better signal of the inflation trend than either the all-items CPI or the CPI excluding food and energy. According to newer research done at the Cleveland Fed, the Median CPI is even better at PCE inflation in the near and longer term than the core PCE.

Source Data:
St. Louis Fed: Median CPI

5 comments:

  1. We need someone to incite a reflation.

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  2. If you don't reflate like hell you're not going to have a country anymore?

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  3. We won this reflation, and we won it by a landslide.

    We're going to walk down to the Capitol, and cheer on our brave reflators.

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  4. They've put up fence and left 5,000 National Guard troops deployed there. Possibly they're worried about Mr Slippery's (Bronx?) cheering.

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  5. Cheers Insurrection

    Sometimes you want to go
    Where everybody knows your name
    And they're always glad you came
    You want to be where you can see
    Our troubles are all the same
    You want to be where everybody knows your name


    Or at the very least, can figure out your name from the surveillance videos. *cringe*

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