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"Res ipsa loquitur." (The facts speak for themselves.) |

CPI - PPI divergence
CPI - PPI (focus on recent years)
BLS CPI data
Robert Sahr: Oregon State University: Inflation Conversion Factors for Dollars 1774 to Estimated 2018
UMich: Cost of Living statistical resources
ShadowStats
6 ways to computer the relative value of a US dollar amount, 1774 to present
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| "If you don't fail regularly you are not trying hard enough things." --- Ivan Sutherland |
| "The best guarantee of the full weight & assured fineness of coins can, in the nature of the case, be given by the government itself, since it is known to & recognized by everyone & has the power to prevent & punish crimes against the coinage. Governments have therefore usually accepted the obligation of stamping the coins necessary for trade. But they have so often & so greatly misused their power that economizing individuals eventually almost forgot the fact that a coin is nothing but a piece of precious metal of fixed fineness & weight, for which fineness & full weight the honesty & rectitude of the mint constitute a guarantee." --- Carl Menger 1871 _Principles of Economics_ (translated by James Dingwall & Bert F. Hoselitz) pp 282-283 |
HR Live lay-off report data-base
Washington Post lay-off articles
Network World Lay-Off articles
| "[T]he value of inactivity to most laborers is much less than is generally believed. The occupations of by far the great majority of men afford enjoyment, are thus themselves true satisfactions of needs, & would be practised, although perhaps in smaller measure or in a modified manner, even if men were not forced by lack of means to exert their abilities. The exercising of his abilities is a need for every normal human being." --- Carl Menger 1871 _Principles of Economics_ (translated by James Dingwall & Bert F. Hoselitz) pp 171-172 |
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Conference Board press releases
authoritative Conference Board data series available for purchase
Secondary Sources
St. Louis Fed CB Help-Wanted Index (graph)
Are jobs plentiful or hard to get?
Conference Board Help-Wanted Advertising Index 1980-
"The Index is pegged at 100 points in 1999 Q4." ---
Wendover-Global Insight IT Spending Index
http://www.globalinsight.com/Highlight/HighlightDetail742.htm
graphs
http://www.globalinsight.com/Highlight/HighlightDetail842.htm
wealth and political affiliation
Aretha Sims: MacroEconomic Policy Research
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Economic Research & Data
http://www.chicagofed.org/economic_research_and_data/index.cfm
Employment Research Data Center
Craig M. Newmark: 10 best economics web logs