Feb 10 2009

Can You Live on $60,000 a Year in California? Yes You Can!

California is facing some troubling times.  It has one of the highest unemployment rates at 9.3% and families are trying to figure out ways to stretch their dollar as far as it can go.  Now I thought in the middle of all the troubling news out there, I would offer a post that examines how […]

Jan 19 2008

What is a Recession? California Inflation, GDP, M1 and M3, and the Art of the Federal Reserve.

It shouldn’t come as a shock to you that California has a higher rate of inflation than the rest of the country. If we are to look at historical measures, what should the price of a California home be in 2007 accounting for inflation pressures? Using the CPI for California, which includes all urban consumers […]

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