Peter C. Earle

Economics

AIER’s Everyday Price Index Spikes Sharply in January 2025

AIER’s Everyday Price Index (EPI) leapt up in the first month of 2025, ending a string of declines which began…

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Economics

AIER’s Everyday Price Index Spikes Sharply in January 2025

AIER’s Everyday Price Index (EPI) leapt up in the first month of 2025, ending a string of declines which began…

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Economics

Gold Surpasses $2900 Per Ounce

Gold has surged to a new all-time high, breaking through $2,911.72 per ounce on a thick mix of domestic and…

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Economics

Scrapped Ventilators and Sovereign Wealth: Why Central Planners Shouldn’t Invest

President Trump’s executive order directing the formation of an American sovereign wealth fund (SWF) was greeted, like so much else,…

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Economics

The Fed’s Inflation Fumble Spiked Your Super Bowl Costs

With the biggest sporting event of the year approaching, so too does an opportune time to review the prices associated…

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Economics

What Decades of Easy Money Mean for Japan’s Fiscal Future

Over the past three decades, Japan’s monetary policy has been characterized by near-zero interest rates and significant quantitative easing (QE),…

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Economics

Eggs: Incredible, Edible, and Increasingly Inaccessible

Chickens are a remarkably adaptable species, thriving in diverse climates and easily fitting into both small-scale and industrial farming systems.…

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Economics

Business Conditions Monthly November 2024

In November 2024, all three AIER Business Conditions Monthly indicators signaled a parallel shift in economic conditions. The Leading Indicator…

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Economics

Is it Finally Time to Privatize the United States Postal Service?

As with all political campaigns that reignite discussions on reducing government spending and eliminating bureaucratic inefficiency, the US Postal Service…

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Economics

AIER’s Everyday Price Index Gains Marginally in December 2024

The American Institute for Economic Research’s Everyday Price Index (EPI), calculated and published monthly, rose 0.12 percent to 288.3 in…

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