TPP and Inflation: Weekly News

Mike Smitka, Washington and Lee University First, Wednesday Oct 14 and Thursday Oct 15 (today, but after taping my radio segment) saw the re...

Econ Update: WREL Lexington VA

by Mike Smitka, Economics Dept, Washington and Lee University Sept 17 (here) and Sept 24 (below) The Fed – specifically the Federal Open Ma...

tis the season -- or this year, not -- but keep it out of our data

As yet more snow falls, we're reminded ... that it's the start of spring? While this year is colder than any I remember, though not...

US Inflation

Here are 4 graphs that give an overview of inflation from the perspective of both producers and consumers. Data are percent change from the ...

Talking Macro: WREL show February 20, 2014

Here are notes from my weekly radio show on WREL Lexington, Virginia. The actual show seldom covers all of the topics I prepare, as what I d...