The ISM prices paid indices are the only unconventional inflation measures that are doing anything but collapsing.
US Unconventional CPI
US Unconventional CPI
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Flexible, sticky, core, headline, leading, lagging -- pick one. Pick one at random. Inflation is collapsing.
US Unconventional CPI
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
It's all decelerating. Across the board. We call this "additional information." What will the FOMC call it?
US Unconventional CPI
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
The Atlanta Fed's "sticky CPI" and "sticky Core" are the stories of the day -- at long last they are visibly rolling over.
US Unconventional CPI
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
What a thing of beauty. Even those darn "sticky" indices are visibly rolling over.
US Unconventional CPI
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
On a year-over-year basis, there's not a single one of the unconventional measures that isn't either falling or outright collapsing.
US Unconventional CPI
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Among the many unconventional inflation gauges, it's easy to find ones that are going down. A bunch are flat. There really isn't one that is rising. That's a start.
US Unconventional CPI
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Almost all the unconventional measures are in decline, and those that aren't have stopped getting worse.
US Unconventional CPI
Thursday, January 12, 2023
A funny thing happened on the way to the Paul Volcker look-alike contest. Most of the unconventional inflation curves -- you know, the ones Powell has been citing for months to pretend inflation is still a crisis? -- those? -- yeah, they're pointing down.
US Unconventional CPI
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Rollovers and peaks everywhere. Headline CPI for the month would have been sharply negative but for the seasonal adjustment pixie-dust.