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. Heckle the Fed for achieving long-term "stable price" certainty?2. Heckle Jeremy Siegel for warning us that the F…

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