Early Indications of Hypersarcasm

The following chart shows the annual change in the semiannual average of the producer price index for finished goods.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0xRfPRr5_LdFR3G70HxJ6UGlJsVjZXL08jr5cSh_peJk2KLeLMZ9092tqrJqxzfuNaqEe3-CguAoFmWEV4Rew7hj5B6IYO4QDYfBatI7wr1AJBruspP0kHjxBxYx5ZmweaBHJqVmgog/s1600/Early+Indications+of+Hypersarcasm.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0xRfPRr5_LdFR3G70HxJ6UGlJsVjZXL08jr5cSh_peJk2KLeLMZ9092tqrJqxzfuNaqEe3-CguAoFmWEV4Rew7hj5B6IYO4QDYfBatI7wr1AJBruspP0kHjxBxYx5ZmweaBHJqVmgog/s320/Early+Indications+of+Hypersarcasm.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />1. Heckle the Fed for achieving long-term "stable price" certainty?<br /><br />2. Heckle Jeremy Siegel for warning us that the Fed would raise rates <a href="http://www.bullfax.com/?q=node-fed-raise-rates-well-2014-siegel-says">well before 2014</a>?<br /><br />3. Heckle CNBC for warning us what <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/101282534">the taper would do to interest rates</a>?<br /><br />4. Heckle Shadowstats for misguided <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/12/where-is-cornpocalypse.html">hyperinflation theories</a>?<br /><br />So many many targets! So little time. I may be forced to resort to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_independently_targetable_reentry_vehicle">Sarcastic ZIRP Technology</a>!<br /><br /><div style="color: black;"><b><span style="color: red;">ZIRP</span> - A <span style="color: red;">Z</span>illion <span style="color: red;">I</span>ndependently targetable interest <span style="color: red;">R</span>ate <span style="color: red;">P</span>uns</b></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjvFoGcPneZ6lxQsbf-wAdE_yv-Ti_fqHUgU0BKPhyphenhyphenKn4D127H0Q02tkVTJbwHKzKBnuECkrJmUTZmQfL62vcGRelXx8ffqEaWwZCHGJgaD4kNlti8mOO9Vvf6CDccon5noDse12usno/s1600/MIRV.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjvFoGcPneZ6lxQsbf-wAdE_yv-Ti_fqHUgU0BKPhyphenhyphenKn4D127H0Q02tkVTJbwHKzKBnuECkrJmUTZmQfL62vcGRelXx8ffqEaWwZCHGJgaD4kNlti8mOO9Vvf6CDccon5noDse12usno/s320/MIRV.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Minuteman_III_MIRV_path.svg">File:Minuteman III MIRV path.svg (Fastfission)</a></span><br /><br />This is not investment advice.<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=s7B">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

Early Indications of Hypersarcasm

The following chart shows the annual change in the semiannual average of the producer price index for finished goods. Click to enlarge. 1. H...

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