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    The Fed Means Business...Contraction
    Robert Swigert
    • Apr 13
    • 14 min

    The Fed Means Business...Contraction

    Inflation Comes in Two Varieties. Understanding Them Sheds Light on Where Prices Are Headed Today the CPI registered an 8.5% increase for...
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    The Winter of Our Discontent
    Robert Swigert
    • Jan 25
    • 2 min

    The Winter of Our Discontent

    It's going to get a lot colder before we're through What are the markets trying to tell us about where we are in the economic cycle? View...
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    Kissing the Ring, Part II
    Robert Swigert
    • Aug 18, 2021
    • 3 min

    Kissing the Ring, Part II

    China Tells the World You're Not the Boss of Me As we wrote in November 2020 in Kissing the Ring, or, The First Rule of Power, we at...
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    Fed-Vision, by goodstead
    Robert Swigert
    • Aug 11, 2021
    • 2 min

    Fed-Vision, by goodstead

    A Totally Revolutionary Way to See Inflation Exactly As the Federal Reserve Sees It. Only from goodstead Below, we show what the Fed sees...
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    Slowly, but Surely
    Robert Swigert
    • Aug 4, 2021
    • 5 min

    Slowly, but Surely

    New Economic Data Paint a Picture of a World Emerging from Its Slumber--But It's a Cold Spring Q2 US Gross Domestic Product Shows...
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    The Cure for High Prices
    Robert Swigert
    • Jul 21, 2021
    • 6 min

    The Cure for High Prices

    There's an Old Saying among Commodity Traders: The Cure for High Prices is High Prices Persistent underinvestment in American housing...
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    Who Wants to Buy My Used Car?
    Robert Swigert
    • Jul 13, 2021
    • 3 min

    Who Wants to Buy My Used Car?

    Transitory Price Increases Once Again Drive Headline Numbers Prices for used cars increased by a month-over-month 10.5% in June, crushing...
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    The Whites of Their i's
    Robert Swigert
    • Mar 19, 2021
    • 4 min

    The Whites of Their i's

    Markets Grapple with Changes in Inflation Expectation, or the Whites of Their i's Fear is a greater evil than the evil itself Inflation...
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    The Recovery Wanes, Optimism Waxes
    Robert Swigert
    • Nov 17, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Recovery Wanes, Optimism Waxes

    Consumer Spending Down, Credit Card Debt Down, Household Debt Reaches Record Retail sales, the indicator most closely associated with...
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    The Paradox of Thrift
    Robert Swigert
    • Nov 13, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Paradox of Thrift

    Or, When Vice is Virtue, and Virtue Vice Personal savings rates in the United States have been on something of a wild ride this year. ...
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    Light at the End of the Tunnel
    Robert Swigert
    • Nov 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    Light at the End of the Tunnel

    Greater Clarity on the Election Winner and News of a Vaccine Are a Powerful Booster Shot to Markets The first trading day after multiple...
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    Whither Bonds?
    Robert Swigert
    • Oct 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Whither Bonds?

    Yields on the 10 year and 30 year increase as US Government obligations go on sale The 10-year yield is up .3%, and the 30-year yield is...
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    The Market Is a Pundit
    Robert Swigert
    • Oct 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Market Is a Pundit

    It used to be that markets would react to GDP figures, employment numbers, balance of payments, producers' indexes, consumer sentiment,...
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