Well, Trump tariffs and the need for collateral could bring bonds back.

From this article:

"In other words, whatever this is under “other” it is creating more corporate net worth which then, according to the Q ratio, perhaps understates the degree of over-valuation (it’s a tricky series of logical leaps). To put it more broadly, there may not be as much economic-related net worth as the published figures identify because of what’s not being identified and therefore may have been derived by something other than economic value."

It would be great to see more about this issue.

If the major cable companies like Charter offer alternatives they will prosper. If they don't, at a competitive price, their decline will continue. Direc TV is a viable alternative, still. I am rooting for the cable cimpanies as well, because competition and innovation are good things.

This is certainly a pretty accurate indicator. Add this to consumer weakness and the economy may not be doing as well as it appears.

PCE inflation has been running at 1.8 percent. The author may be proven right, but there isn't much PCE inflation so far.

The truthfullness of the first part of this article is both bold and truthful. But the article then places much of the blame on socialism. I cannot buy into that. The government has a duty to help the old and poor and disadvantaged and fix the roads and invest in industry. It is not classic socialism to do so. More should go to helping citizens than to funding wars.

To the Austrian economist, deflation is no big deal. But it is a big deal. Cutting out our socialism which is not real socialism would be a catastrophic mistake.

War of the contributors.

Maybe long bonds are simply too valuable as collateral and are being hoarded, Prof.

But isn't this procyclical inflation weaker than we would expect because most jobs created are poorly paid jobs? If anything, with more people renting, housing appreciation is simply a tax, not a sign of growth in household financial health. Good point about Gentrification as being something the Fed has no control over. In booming cities, house prices appreciate partly because growth policies for housing are limited. This would seem to mean wages would have to go up there, but not everywhere. Interesting article!!

I can't see Donald #Trump, in the long run, being partial to labor, since he has spent his life stiffing labor! He only wants made in America to benefit his rich buddies. It was a scam from the start.