fyi: FX & CPI historical data
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:21 pm
fyi: I calculated historical US CPI data, & foreign exchange data of the USD v several major currencies. The data covers the 1972-2010 time frame, at a monthly granularity. I sourced it from the St Louis Fed internet site.
http://www.multiupload.com/YLET7F18NJ
Note that this is a ods file, which can be read in either MS Excel or the free LibreOffice Calc spreadsheet.
The US CPI can be useful for analyzing real, inlation-adjusted US returns
The FX data can be helpful for those managing a "globalized PP" with assets from multiple nations in the stock, bond, &/or cash allocations. (Disclaimer: the Harry Browne / craigr orthodox approach as I understand it, is not advisable to those in large, economic power nations like US or Japan, it's only those from non-economic power (such as Mexico) &/or tiny (Iceland, Uruguay) nations should take a globalized PP approach)
http://www.multiupload.com/YLET7F18NJ
Note that this is a ods file, which can be read in either MS Excel or the free LibreOffice Calc spreadsheet.
The US CPI can be useful for analyzing real, inlation-adjusted US returns
The FX data can be helpful for those managing a "globalized PP" with assets from multiple nations in the stock, bond, &/or cash allocations. (Disclaimer: the Harry Browne / craigr orthodox approach as I understand it, is not advisable to those in large, economic power nations like US or Japan, it's only those from non-economic power (such as Mexico) &/or tiny (Iceland, Uruguay) nations should take a globalized PP approach)