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"Inflation" is a generalized, sustained increase in consumer prices. A spike in consumer prices is just that - a transitory spike. Watch as Jeff gives four reasons and examples (2000, 2008, 2021 bond yields and auctions) why the probabilities favor a rise in CPI, not "inflation". ---------SEE IT----------- Alhambra YouTube: https://bit.ly/2Xp3roy Emil YouTube: https://bit.ly/310yisL ---------HEAR IT---------- Vurbl: https://bit.ly/3rq4dPn Apple: https://apple.co/3czMcWN Deezer: https://bit.ly/3ndoVPE iHeart: https://ihr.fm/31jq7cI TuneIn: http://tun.in/pjT2Z Castro: https://bit.ly/30DMYza Google: https://bit.ly/3e2Z48M Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3arP8mY Pandora: https://pdora.co/2GQL3Qg Breaker: https://bit.ly/2CpHAFO Castbox: https://bit.ly/3fJR5xQ Podbean: https://bit.ly/2QpaDgh Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2C1M1GB PlayerFM: https://bit.ly/3piLtjV Podchaser: https://bit.ly/3oFCrwN PocketCast: https://pca.st/encarkdt SoundCloud: https://bit.ly/3l0yFfK ListenNotes: https://bit.ly/38xY7pb AmazonMusic: https://amzn.to/2UpEk2P PodcastAddict: https://bit.ly/2V39Xjr
----EPISODE #77 TOPICS---- 00:00 What is the difference between a rise in consumer prices and inflation? 02:10 What are some examples of generalized "inflation" versus "consumer price increase" 04:09 Does generalized, sustained inflation mean real generalized, sustained economic activity? 06:30 The summer-autumn of 2000 delivered surging inflation - right on the cusp of a recession. 09:06 The bond market looked through the 2000 inflation surge to... the incoming recession. 13:06 The bond market looked through the 2008 inflation surge to... the incoming recession. 17:43 The April 2021 reading of US consumer price (including core) was nuclear explosion hot. 19:46 In 2000 we witnessed a similar inflation shock, that was not sustained (transitory?). 21:23 Since 2000 we have witnessed a number of inflation SURGES... that proved transitory. 23:18 What would change Jeff's mind about "transitory" inflation? 26:04 Producer prices were reported at the same time as CPI, strong but perhaps base effects? 28:30 The secondary bond market seems to be unbothered by both the CPI and PPI readings. 31:06 The primary bond market showed no perturbance; auctions went off swimmingly. 32:47 US Treasury 4-Week Bill auctions have been delivering "zeros" - demand is so high! 33:38 The balance of probabilities is that the market sees "transitory" inflation.
--------REFERENCES-------- How Can Anyone In Their Right Mind Say This Much Inflation Is Transitory?: https://bit.ly/3bO8k1w What CPI (and PPI)?: https://bit.ly/34cONUn Alhambra Investments Blog: https://bit.ly/2VIC2wW RealClear Markets Essays: https://bit.ly/38tL5a7
---------WHO----------- Jeff Snider, Head of Global Investment Research for Alhambra Investments and Emil Kalinowski. Art by David Parkins. |