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Price changes affecting consumer consumption measured directly by CPI related measures and national accounts IPI measures.
The high cost of living continues to be a top-of-the-page news item. Politicians include fighting inflation as a prominent plank… READ MORE
Inflation as measured by the consumer price index (CPI) is a simple measure of the direction of price changes: increasing… READ MORE
Headlines are linking interest rates, inflation and labour market as factors directly impacting short-term economic forecasts. Very simply, interest rates… READ MORE
This post focuses on the cost of shelter and its financial burden on households grouped by income. Statistics Canada conducts… READ MORE
Inflation and the high cost of groceries has become a headline topic. The American Federal Trade Commission issued a report… READ MORE
High food prices and its effect on food security and global political stability is once again having its impact in… READ MORE
The Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH) is a survey of employers and provides very detailed monthly information of… READ MORE
Statistics Canada compiles and published average monthly retail prices for selected products. I have selected monthly average prices four products… READ MORE
James Graham on the lingering and as yet unresolved effect of the 2008 global Financial Crisis (Reuters digital July 17, 2025)
…We’d been promised that this was the end of history and that everything was inevitably going to be a linear advancement towards progress and improvement. … I had no idea the longer, bigger crises and anger that was going to be coming down the line.
A retired economist just stumbling and bumbling along to the end of the road.
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