Peter C. Earle

Economics

AIER’s Everyday Price Index Sees Modest May 2025 Increase

AIER’s Everyday Price Index (EPI) posted a 0.18 percent rise in May 2025, reaching 294.3. The index has now recorded…

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Economics

Physics Meets Finance: Theoretical Consequences of Man-Made Gold

In a remarkable feat of modern physics, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have managed to recreate one of humanity’s…

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Economics

Business Conditions Monthly March 2025

The AIER Business Conditions Monthly indicators reflected a noticeable downshift in US economic momentum in March 2025.  The Leading Indicator…

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Economics

Nixon to Now: How the Kitchen Debate Came Home

In July 1959, at the American National Exhibition in Moscow’s Sokolniki Park, Vice President Richard Nixon stepped into a model…

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Economics

AIER’s Everyday Price Index Continues to Rise in April 2025

The Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose to 293.8 in April 2025 on the heels of an 0.34 percent gain. This…

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Economics

Tariff Tension: Will US Shelves Be Empty By Late May?

After nearly a month under the Trump administration’s renewed tariff regime, signs of economic strain are beginning to surface across…

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Economics

Tariffs Instead of Taxes? A Back-of-Envelope Estimate

In an April 27 post on Truth Social, President Trump floated a politically ambitious idea: replacing federal income taxes —…

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Economics

Why Home Prices Are Cratering in Florida

Florida’s housing market has moved decisively from scorching-hot to increasingly fragile. After experiencing some of the nation’s steepest home price…

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Economics

Turning Treasury Securities into Century Bonds Is a Dead End

In times of rising debt and fiscal strain, unconventional ideas occasionally surface as ways to manage the US government’s borrowing…

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Economics

Business Conditions Monthly February 2025

In February 2025, the AIER Business Conditions Monthly indicators painted a picture of a moderately slowing but still resilient US…

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