Introduction

Economists over at Danska Bank in Europe found that a recent resurgence in inflation in Sweden overlapped with the kickoff of Beyonce's Renaissance World Tour. The two-night appearance contributed to a large increase in hotels, airfare and other recreation prices. Now to be fair, the Beyonce effect is likely to be truly transitory, but the tour,. it does land this weekend in the Netherlands and the CPI data for that country is set to be released a couple weeks later. I'm just saying.