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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Declines Most Since December 2022
In October 2023 the AIER Everyday Price Index (EPI) fell 0.49 percent to 287.1. This is the second monthly decrease in 2023 (the first came in May 2023), and the […]
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Business Conditions Monthly September 2023
In September 2023, AIER’s Business Conditions Monthly indices continued on distinct trajectories. Our Leading Indicator rose from 46 to 54, remaining close to neutral, but with an expansion tilt. The […]
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Capitalism is a “DDoLL”
“One thousand people can be unimaginably more wealthy than eight people. Division of labor is the most important source of increasing returns to scale in the market system.” ~Michael Munger
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Rises 0.29 Percent in September 2023
In September 2023 the AIER Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose 0.29 percent to 288.6. This is the fourth consecutive increase in the EPI, and this increase takes our index to […]
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Sees Biggest Monthly Jump since January
In August 2023 the AIER Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose 0.87 percent, lifting the index from 285.2 to 287.7. This was the largest monthly percent increase since January 2023 (0.93 […]
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Rises 0.34 percent in July 2023
AIER’s Everyday Price Index (EPI) increased by 0.34 percent in July 2023. With this increase, the index stands at 285.2, 0.5 percent below its level one year ago in July […]
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Not All Boycotts are Equal
“The more expensive it is to boycott, the less likely the boycott will succeed. What affects the costs of participating in a boycott? The answers to this question are simple: time, money, and quality.” ~ Ramon DeGennaro
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Edges Up in June 2023
The AIER Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose 0.04 percent in June 2023, bringing the index to 284.2 after a marginal decline in May. The index is now slightly less than […]
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Declines Slightly in May 2023
AIER’s Everyday Price Index (EPI) fell 0.09 percent in May 2023 after rising for three of the first four months of this year. At its current level, 284.1, the EPI […]
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90 Years of New Deals
The intellectual progeny of the New Deal continue to surface in American economic and political discourse: the Fair Deal, the New Frontier, the Great Society, the Freedom Agenda, Build Back Better, and others. But just as upon our 1933 inception we fiercely opposed their progenitor, ninety years later AIER remains every bit in the fight.
