Monthly Archive: June 2022

Swiss Consumer Price Index in May 2022: +2.9 percent YoY, +0.7 percent MoM

2022-06-02

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2022-06-02

Switzerland Consumer Price Index (CPI) YoY, May 2022
The consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.7% in May 2022 compared with the previous month, reaching 104.0 points (December 2020 = 100). Inflation was +2.9% compared with the same month of the previous year. These are the results of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).

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It’s Not Just the USA: The Economic Instability Is Global

2022-06-02

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2022-06-02

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The combination of covid lockdowns, money pumping, and attempts to force a new green economy are taking their toll. This is not going away any time soon.

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Davos Man Is at It Again: The 2022 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum

2022-06-02

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2022-06-02

The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos is perhaps the world’s most unpopular conference, and the WEF’s founder and chairman, Klaus Schwab, one of the world’s most despised figures.

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Bank of Canada’s Turn

2022-06-01

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2022-06-01

Overview: The recent equity rally is stalling. Asia Pacific equities were mixed, with Japan, South Korea, and Australia, among the major bourses posting gains. Europe’s Dow Jones Stoxx 500 is slipping lower for the second consecutive session, ending a four-day bounce. US equity futures are little changed.

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Peak Policy Error

2022-06-01

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2022-06-01

Another economic discussion lost to the eventual coronavirus pandemic mania was the 2019 globally synchronized downturn. Not just downturn, outright recession in key parts from around the world, maybe including the US.

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Why America Decays: The Tyranny of Self-Interest

2022-06-01

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2022-06-01

Only those societies which still have a functional public interest / common good will survive; those ruled by the tyranny of self-interest will fall. I've discussed the moral rot consuming the American Project in blog posts and my books.

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Carl Menger and the Austrian School of Economics

2022-06-01

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2022-06-01

What is known as the Austrian School of Economics started in 1871 when Carl Menger published a slender volume under the title Grundsätze der Volkswirtschaftslehre.

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