More Inflation Evidence
The BLS released the July inflation report and it’s not moving in the right direction toward lower inflation. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - JULY 2025The Consumer Price Index for All Urban…
Inflation Is Back
The BEA released the core inflation information this morning and it’s not good. And to add injury to insult, the BLS released the Employment Cost Index Summary which shows an…
June 2025 – Social Security Enrollments
The social security office released the June 2025 social security snapshot and it continues to climb unabated. The current monthly cost of the current benefits is $129,876 billion according to…
Musical Tribute: Captain Black Jack Jerome
With a federal reserve meeting happening next week, this week’s musical tribute from our partners is a tribute to Captain Black Jack Jerome! https://suno.com/s/5ZAco3r9JeKSo4kD
May 2025 – Social Security Enrollments
The social security office released the May 2025 social security snapshot and it continues to climb unabated. The current monthly cost of the current benefits is $129 billion according to…
Musical Tribute: The Ballad of Jerome Powell
We’re starting a new feature on our blog called Musical Tribute which will feature an economic song from our partners and contributors. For this Friday we present to you The…
Demographic Realities 2025
Following up to our last post on what happens during demographic death spirals there have been a few stories released that help illustrate our point. The New York Times reports…
What Happens During Demographic Death Spirals
Reaching the 73 million milestone for social security enrollments had us researching demographic death spirals. What happens during demographic death spirals? Defining Demographic Death Spiral A demographic death spiral occurs…
January 2025 – Social Security Enrollments
The social security office released the January 2025 social security snapshot report and it shows further growth in enrolls. For January 2025, there were 144,000 net new social security recipients…
BLS: January 2025 PPI
Not good. The BLS released the PPI report and it’s more bad news following the inflationary CPI report. PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES - JANUARY 2025The Producer Price Index for final demand…