Posts

NIA: Inflation Update/China Report

Image
NIA Inflation Update The official CPI based price inflation rate on a year-over-year basis rose again in the month of August to 3.77% compared to 3.63% in July, 3.56% in June, 3.57% in May, 3.16% in April, 2.68% in March, 2.11% in February, 1.63% in January, 1.5% in December, 1.1% in November, and 1.17% in October. From the low in November, year-over-year CPI growth has increased by 243%! Inflation is now spreading beyond food and energy and to the areas the Fed focuses on with core-CPI, which deceptively excludes food and energy. Core-CPI has now risen 10 months in a row and core-CPI is about to break the Fed's unofficial 1.5% to 2% target range, which will hopefully convince the Fed to finally believe there is an inflation crisis, something NIA members knew back when the Fed was still worried about deflation. Core-CPI was up 1.95% in August on a year-over-year basis compared to 1.77% in July and 1.64% in June. Because the BLS likes to round all CPI numbers, co

Upcoming events on Corruption Sucks Blog

Image
Loyal Readers of Corruption Sucks Blog, As you can probably tell by now, Corruption Sucks Blog is HERE TO STAY.  Thank you for all of your brave emails to myself and my limited staff. Emails of support, tips and corrections, that have been helpful and illuminating, even the "hate mail" & complaints.  There have been  numerous requests that we move this blog along to include additional stories of interests regarding public corruption on the behalf of all of our territorial citizenry- THIS is our commitment and charter.  So, with that being said, consider this blog post fair public warning, if nothing else. Corruption Sucks Blog will be examining and investigating the City of Little Rock's Ethics Policy and obtain comment upon it from the "powers' that be", for starters.  We also have many serious concerns within the Little Rock Fire Department, some dealing with the racial tensions that still exist within the fire department to this

Conduct Unbecoming-Comments & Response: Anonymous said...

Image
Anonymous said... I bet you wont post this comment but to refer to Officer Stanchak in relation to a KKK member, which he isnt, he ought to sue you for deflamation you idiot. Officer James Stanchak sure is a bigot, as to his "hood" status, only he and his fellow bigots know that.  As to suing me, he is more than welcomed, I would just love to get him on the stand.  Then we would REALLY see who's lying around here. Thanks for your honesty, Anonymous. September 18, 2010 12:36 AM Anonymous said... Dear Sir, (Though I do not feel that you are enough of a gentleman to be called sir) You have no clue who you are talking about (really?) . Have you tried to speak with Officer Stanchak or do you sit back on your high horse and judge? (Yep, I tried, but he was too far up his partner's butt to hear me, you know, officer Wayne Cox, fellow disgraced and removed from evening shift, River Market dirty cop- retaliation, simply put)  Officer Stanchak is a good m