Wonking Out: The Inflation Debate Is Cooling. May 26, 2023. ... it refers to the ratio of job vacancies to unemployed workers seeking jobs, their preferred measure of labor market tightness.

Let’s Debate How Best to Measure Inflation The chained CPI-U was developed and published by the BLS and is a perfect example of the research Commissioner Beach praises. Share ...

With inflation remaining stubbornly high for longer than I, and many others, expected, I want to take another stab at the argument of the inflation hawks.

The Missing Data in the Inflation Debate. Dec. 30, 2021. ... I helped Adobe Analytics create a measure of online inflation analogous to the government’s Consumer Price Index (C.P.I.).

The intensifying debate comes as the Senate is poised to pass the measure as early as this week, ... Inflation debate heats up over Biden relief bill by Niv Elis - 03/04/21 6:00 AM ET.

In one corner is former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. In the other, heterodox economist Isabella Weber. Who wins has big implications for inflation policy, writes J.W. Mason.

Yet, one year later, Trump's inflation numbers are on the rise. And Trump and his allies don't see it as doom and gloom this ...

The year-over-year inflation rate is still near 4 percent, according to the Fed’s preferred measure, the Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) price index, which is double the 2 percent target.

The way we conventionally measure that is to look at how many people were working at some recent high-water mark. You pick a year – let’s say 2005 – look at how many people were working that ...

Inflation has emerged as a central factor as Congress prepares to negotiate how much money it should appropriate to the Department of Defense in fiscal year 2023. Republicans argue that the ...

The Senate voted yesterday to advance debate on a package to claw back funds allocated for public broadcasting and foreign ...