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September 9, 2022 by Alex Williams & Skanda Amarnath — 5 min read

August Inflation Preview: Can Used Cars & Gasoline Overcome The Rest of The Russia Shock?

August headline CPI inflation will likely come in close to the consensus forecast at -0.1% – which would be the lowest single-month reading since the onset of the pandemic.

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A Vacant Metric: Why Job Openings Are So Unreliable

Preston Mui — 14 min read

The Federal Reserve has given job vacancy data center stage in assessing the strength of the labor market. The theoretical and empirical issues with vacancies data show that this is a mistake.

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August Inflation Preview: Can Used Cars & Gasoline Overcome The Rest of The Russia Shock?

A Vacant Metric: Why Job Openings Are So Unreliable

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