Peter C. Earle
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Financial
Is the GENIUS Act Creating a Shadow CBDC System?
In the increasingly complex debate surrounding central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), stablecoins, and the regulatory perimeter of the dollar system,…
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Dollar’s Decline Meets Rising Dedollarization: The Threat Comes from Within
The recent weakness in the US dollar has reignited the debate over the durability of the dollar’s dominance in global…
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Business Conditions Monthly April 2025
AIER’s Business Conditions Monthly indicators suggest that the US economy remained under pressure in April, with the Leading Indicator slipping…
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Sees Modest May 2025 Increase
AIER’s Everyday Price Index (EPI) posted a 0.18 percent rise in May 2025, reaching 294.3. The index has now recorded…
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Trade Protectionists Are the New Lockdowners
In 2020, government officials around the world locked down economies in the name of public health. Small businesses were shuttered,…
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Physics Meets Finance: Theoretical Consequences of Man-Made Gold
In a remarkable feat of modern physics, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have managed to recreate one of humanity’s…
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Business Conditions Monthly March 2025
The AIER Business Conditions Monthly indicators reflected a noticeable downshift in US economic momentum in March 2025. The Leading Indicator…
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Nixon to Now: How the Kitchen Debate Came Home
In July 1959, at the American National Exhibition in Moscow’s Sokolniki Park, Vice President Richard Nixon stepped into a model…
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Continues to Rise in April 2025
The Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose to 293.8 in April 2025 on the heels of an 0.34 percent gain. This…
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Tariff Tension: Will US Shelves Be Empty By Late May?
After nearly a month under the Trump administration’s renewed tariff regime, signs of economic strain are beginning to surface across…
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