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Category Archive: PCE Price Index

  1. Money Supply and Economic Data Weekly Watch – Not All Savings Is Good Savings

    Sav­ings increased but for the wrongs rea­sons The per­sonal sav­ings rate in Octo­ber was esti­mated to be 2.4% which was an increase of 1.4% from September’s sav­ings rate.  Nor­mally, dur­ing peri­ods of ris­ing unem­ploy­ment and increas­ing eco­nomic hard­ship the per­sonal sav­ings rate declines because some house­holds spend more than they earn. When con­sumers are con­fi­dent about […] [read full story]

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