If we take CPI as our measure and assume that June was the peak for headline inflation, here's how long our current round of inflation lasted: Headline: 15 months (April 2021 to June 2022) Core: 12 months (April 2021 to March 2022) Does 12 months count as transitory? Certainly it's longer than Team Transitory initially ...continue reading "Team transitory vs. Team inflation"
A Missouri man has been charged with shooting and killing his neighbor following an argument over lawn mowing, bringing to an end years of hostility between the two, officials said.
Next weekend marks the first Pig & Whiskey Festival, a family-friendly celebration of beer, BBQ and bourbon with a mighty lineup of live music featuring Tech N9ne, Story of the Year, Sebastian Bach and many more. This free, end-of-summer block party begins on Friday, August 19 and runs through Sunday, August 21 at Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Avenue, Maplewood; 314-241-2337). Two weeks ago we excitedly shared with you the first details of Pig & Whiskey, and today we have even more bands to throw at you as the three-day event quickly approaches.
We have broken the back of inflation! OK, not really, but the news is good this month. The headline rate of inflation dropped from 9% to 8.5% while the core rate of inflation stayed steady at 5.9%. Given the underlying state of the economy, which is pretty strong, this probably finally represents that we've passed ...continue reading "Chart of the day: Inflation in July"
Bag Phones, Brick Phones, Blackberries, a Satellite Phone and more – these are some of the cellular telephones you’ll see at the Jefferson Barracks Telephone
On the morning of June 11, 2003, 30-year-old Dawan Ferguson called 911. In a conversation that lasted less than 30 seconds, he calmly told the dispatcher his severely disabled nine-year-old son had been in the backseat of his SUV when it was carjacked just moments ago from the corner of Page Boulevard and North Skinker Parkway in the north-county neighborhood of Wellston.
ST. LOUIS - A 19-year-old man was shot and killed early Wednesday morning. The shooting happened at an apartment building near SLU's campus around 12:15 a.m. on South Grand near Forest Park Avenue. The victim died at the scene. A SLU security officer said many SLU students live at that apartment building, but the victim was not a SLU student. It [...]
Annual consumer inflation dipped to 8.5% in July after hitting a 40-year high of 9.1% in June, as falling gas prices finally gave consumers a break at the pump.
We just got done noting how the patriotic quest to purge all Chinese hardware from U.S. networks was a a bit of an incoherent mess. The U.S. demand to purge all Huawei and ZTE equipment imposed huge costs on many mid- and small sized telecom vendors (read: their customers), and the U.S. now says it […]
A day after a federal declaration identifying St. Louis area flooding as a major disaster, the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday announced its crews would begin surveying the area this week.
FEMA said Disaster Survivor Assistance, or DSA, crews will begin canvassing the damage in St. Louis, St. Louis County and St. Charles County. DSA crews help homeowners apply for FEMA aid, help with immediate needs and inform flooding victims about other programs and community resources.
In order…
One of the major aspects of Missouri’s recent primary was the number of races for which there actually was no contest. In more than half of the 180 state legislative districts on the ballot, one of the two major parties did not have a candidate. That meant that in those 100-single-party district primaries, the primary […]
St. Louis Public Schools officials are planning a national search for a new superintendent. Kelvin Adams will retire in December after leading the district for more than a decade.
Former President Donald Trump will be questioned under oath Wednesday in the New York attorney general’s long-running civil investigation into his dealings as a real estate mogul, he confirmed in a post on his Truth Social account.
stLouIST
