The Dangerous Economist
The Blog of Cyril Morong
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Has the pandemic changed tastes (which change demand)?
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See Worry, haste, retail therapy: What have we bought and why? by Leanne Italie of the AP. It looks like some of it is an income increase...
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
When demand for one good falls (gasoline and ethanol) leads to an increase in price for other goods (beer and soda)
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See A Coronavirus Chain Reaction: Less Driving Means Less Fizz for Sodas: Carbon-dioxide output is down, as the drop in gasoline demand sl...
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
We just had two straight months with the CPI falling at least 0.4% for just the fifth time since 1947
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Seasonally adjusted data from the St. Louis Fed . Here are the CPI numbers for the last 3 months Feb.) 259.050 March) 257.953 April) ...
Monday, May 25, 2020
Price discrimination and profit
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A post last week dealt with price discrimination in the car insurance market. See You could be paying higher insurance premiums than someon...
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