Browsing by Subject "Consumer Price Index"

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    • Poverty in the U.S. 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2023-05-02)
      In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a ‘war on poverty.’ Since then, the U.S. poverty rate declined from 19% to 11.6% in 2021, but one may wonder why it has not dropped further. In this issue of PERCspectives ...
    • The Signs of the Times 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2023-01-31)
      The past year, we experienced the highest inflation rates in forty years. Recession fears have been on the rise in recent months even as inflation rates have started to turn a corner. In this issue of PERCspectives on ...