Purpose

This page is for the fundamental prices in our economy: The price of money and the price of energy.

Price of Money:

There are many prices for money: The price of money tomorrow, the price of money in 30 days, the price of money in one year, and the price of money in ten years. In turn, there are also the prices for money’s competitors: gold and other currencies. There are many entities offering money, governments – big and small – banks, and corporations.

Price of Energy:

The price of oil has many competitors aka substitutes: the price of liquefied natural gas, the price of corn, and the reduction of goods that require it as inputs. Still, given one cartel decides the base output, it is the closest element we have to a base short term interest rate we have in the world.

Estimating short term macro economic growth can not ignore these prices and this blog, through links, simple examples, and observations, hopes to shed light to all who read it.