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The Three Open Questions When it Comes to Our Cost-Push Supply Shock Inflation
In which we seek to lock down better answers for everything that just happened in light of the historic disinflation of the past year.
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Mike Konczal
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December 2023

October 2023

Will The ‘Last Mile’ Of Inflation Be the Hardest? Three Reasons Why It May Not.
A place to organize my thoughts, debut my new inflation density app, put code somewhere, and outline some things I'm watching on the inflation front as…
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Mike Konczal
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July 2023

March 2023

A Better AEI Graphic of Inflation Over the Past 20 Years
What happens when we take the AEI graphic of items that have had high and low inflation, but extend it to all categories?
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Mike Konczal
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February 2023

What Does Powell Think About Wages Now That ECI Is Near Its Trendline?
Tracing some of the consequences of one of my favorite graphics that I've been following, including for all things labor market dynamism related.
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Mike Konczal
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January 2023

Do We Need a Recession Because Wages Are Too High? 5 Responses Answering No.
A survey of the universe of responses pushing back on the idea that wages are so high we need a recession to bring them down in order to tackle…
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Mike Konczal
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June 2021

We Just Can't Quit Job Openings (and Whether Various Unemployment Measures are Moving at a Commensurable Rate Alongside Them)
A reply to Jason Furman and Wilson Powell III on their recent look at job openings and employment flows data.
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Mike Konczal

May 2021

Do We Need Glass-Steagall for the Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell?
A reply to Anna Stansbury and Larry Summers on their concentration and investment paper from last year.
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Mike Konczal

July 2020

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