Latest Inflation Data: No Surprise, But Real Pain
Latest Inflation Data: No Surprise, But Real Pain by Conerly Consulting staff The April 2026 inflation numbers landed this week with a thud, but not a shock. The Consumer Price Index rose 3.8 …
Guide to Economic Data Sources
This list reflects the data I use most often, especially for the Businomics Newsletter. FRED database Most U.S. economic data and some foreign data are available through FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data), a free service …
Origin of the Businomics Newsletter
How did I get the idea to print out economic charts and hand-write notes about what they mean? It’s a fun story. A long time ago I was a corporate economist who briefed the Executive …
AI and the Economy: my articles and videos
updated February 17, 2026 Articles: AI And The Economy: What Has Changed? AI And The Economy: Overview Of Job Losses And Gains AI And The Economy: Potential Gains In Industries, Occupations And Tasks AI And …
Dr. Bill Conerly’s Inflation Track Record
Articles published on Forbes.com: Higher Inflation from the Fed’s New Strategy, August 28, 2020: “Add to the Fed’s new strategy their recent tactics: huge stimulus…. Yet the stimulus cannot be matched by increased production of …
Writing About Finance and Economics
Two computer software engineers asked me for advice about technical writing. Explaining economics and finance shares some of the challenges of technical writing, so I pulled together some notes. General Writing Tips Practice. Spending 20 …
Leadership in Today’s Tight Labor Market
Updated January 5, 2026 With low unemployment rates and very small growth of the working-age population in the United States, businesses are struggling with employee retention and recruiting. I’ve been studying the issue since I …
Recession 101: What Business Leaders Need to Know about Economic Downturns
Business leaders are worried about recession. Their responsibility, however, is not just to survive a downturn, but to capitalize on good times before the recession comes. I’ve held several workshops for company executives and owners …
Jordan Peterson’s Lesson for Business Leaders
Many people are reading my article over at Forbes.com, Jordan Peterson’s Lessons for Business Leaders: You Need Both Liberals and Conservatives. Quick summary: The labels liberal and conservative refer not just to Democrats and Republicans, …
Progress In The World Continues: A Juggling Example
Penn Jillette talks about the tech revolution in his Reason Magazine interview: I was one of the people talking at [the Massachusetts Institute of Technology] in the early '90s about how computers were going to …
Data Junkies Need “Spreadsheet Tips From An Excel Addict”
As a guy who pushes numbers around, I've been a spreadsheet power user since the days of Lotus 1-2-3. But I've learned tons of new Excel tips in the past year by subscribing (for free) …
I Don’t Know What It Means: Hitchhiking Robot
The AP has a story about a robot hitchhiking across Canada. This seems very important, though I don't quite know what it all means.