RT @MinneapolisFed: "A potent benefit of free trade: Insuring against alternate futures." @JeffHorwich has our new research brief with a lo…

RT @svaneksmith: It’s been… a week. Trump is shaking all kinds of things up, mostly in the name of a more fiscally responsible government.…

Kudos for for wrangling itself to the top of the heap for Google results. While not all are quite so NSFW, the lower-ranked apples are especially satisfying to read about.

Gas prices were up month-to-month (seasonally adj.) and that's getting some attention.⛽️ But that's gas prices for you. Important to look through that (as the core index does, of course, where housing in particular is still high vs. avg but contributing to continued cooling.)

With all the ups and downs in eggs, seems even more amazing that I've had a natural foods store in my hood that has sold organic eggs for $3.99/dozen through thick and thin, since the pandemic.

RT @MinneapolisFed: Shelter costs rose later & stayed higher even as #inflation cooled across the rest of the economy. @JeffHorwich sums up…

Call it "ghost inflation"?👻--> Inflation rate in mid-2022: 9%. Annual CPI inflation today: 2.7%. Stress today: Basically unchanged & sky-high (esp. among low-income HHs). Updating latest @uscensusbureau Household Pulse Survey data from my recent article:

@byHeatherLong Work this fall by @Simon_Mongey @MinneapolisFed flagged early what today's data show. By adjusting for long-term trend in #JOLTS vacancy rate, the labor market looked much looser. Job-finding rate is below pre-pandemic and a big factor driving unemployment.

Keep hearing a podcast ad that drives me nuts -- from @HyVee ~ "From groceries to gas, we know inflation is everywhere." Lazy copywriters might have 1) looked up the def. of inflation & 2) confirmed that inflation is, in fact, not around us in either and has not been for a while.

@alz_zyd_ By that clock I would have retired two years ago, and about 15 years before I predict I will finally get around to peaking in my career!

RT @MinneapolisFed: Shelter costs rose later & stayed higher even as #inflation cooled across the rest of the economy. @JeffHorwich sums up…

I've got a handful of Christmas tunes from my radio days hiding out in the long tail of the Internet. Here's one about my perennial desire to spend less (and perennial failure).

For whatever reason the X algo thinks I have a high degree of interest in the Republic of Georgia. (I mean, I kind of do. Not to this degree.) But it has all been worth it to be exposed to these green costumes worn by election workers. I mean, who *wouldn't* want to volunteer?

What I'd like to know is how our designers found this rare picture of Charlie Day and Esperanza Spalding discussing inflation.

RT @MinneapolisFed: The highest inflation in 40 years sparked valuable research into how #inflation affects different groups differently. @…

Yes, I live in St. Paul and know my way around my home turf. But per my Google Maps search it turns out that (correct me if wrong?) St. Paul is home to the only free-standing toy store & candy store (not counting skyways!) in the metro. (Test: Name that @Starbucks!)

I had to warn our Law Enforcement guys not to worry about some fool apparently busking in front of the building. 🎵