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Inflation Alert! The Bureau of Economic Analysis today announced the PCE price index without food and energy was up by 3.6% in September--compared to a year ago. This is the highest PCE inflation reading since 1991.

The red line (sorry not a straight line) is the Fed's 2% target for inflation. As we can see, we have blown past that! Again, we haven't seen readings this high since 1991! Remember, this number is manipulated by excluding food and energy. By doing so,

Inflation Alert! Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has issued the following the PCE price index increased 0.4 percent. Excluding food and energy, the PCE price index increased 0.3 percent for July 2021.

https://www.bea.gov/news/2021/personal-income-and-outlays-july-2021 Personal income increased $225.9 billion (1.1 percent) in July according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI) increased $198.0 billion (1.1 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $42.2 billion (0.

Economic Data Alert! Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 6.6 percent in the second quarter of 2021. The increase was revised up 0.1 percentage point from the 'advance' estimate released in July.

In the first quarter of 2021, real GDP increased 6.3 percent. Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 6.6 percent in the second quarter of 2021, reflecting the continued economic recovery, reopening of establishments, and continued government response related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The

Inflation Alert! A dive into the Bureau of Economic Analysis Personal Income and Outlays for June from this past Friday, and the GDP numbers from Thursday. Lots of inflation-related 'goodies' for us to unpack...

According to data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis this past Friday, personal income (income that people get from wages and salaries, Social Security and other government benefits, dividends and interest, business ownership, rental properties, etc.), but without stimmies, enhanced unemployment, and other transfer payments from the government (adjusted for

Data Alert! A dive into the Week 33 U.S. Census Bureau, Household Pulse Survey. These are the 'just don't dance numbers'...

Hello R/Superstonk, Jellyfish that can't get to sleep with you for a dive into the Week 33 U.S. Census Bureau, Household Pulse Survey. This is getting bleak, especially on the anticipated foreclosure front. Source WOW! Likelihood of Eviction or Foreclosure Percentage of adults living in households

Inflation Alert! Wildfires continue to cause disruptions to railroads in the West. More than 80 large fires are burning in 13 states across the western U.S., totaling more than 1.3 million acres of damage to date

Inflation Alert! Wildfires continue to cause disruptions to railroads in the West. More than 80 large fires are burning in 13 states across the western U.S., totaling more than 1.3 million acres of damage to date, which includes multiple locations on the railroad network. Let's start

Inflation Alert! Sales of new single-family houses in June plunged by 6.6% from May, and by 32% from the peak in January, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 676,000 houses, the lowest June since 2018, according to the Census Bureau this morning.

Median sales price $361,800, Avg. price $428,700 Sales of new single-family houses in June fell by 6.6% from May, and by 32% from the peak in January, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 676,000 houses, the lowest June since 2018, according to the Census Bureau