Tag: Inflation
Real Wages Fall Again as Inflation Surges and the Fed Plays...
(Ryan McMaken, Mises Institute) According to a new report released Wednesday by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Consumer Price Index increased in March by...
Inflation Jumped 8.5% in Past Year, Highest Since 1981
(AP) Inflation soared over the past year at its fastest pace in more than 40 years, with costs for food, gasoline, housing and other...
Plunging Bond Market Signals Trouble Ahead
(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) As Russia appears to be on the verge of defaulting on its debt, the U.S. debt market is also...
Democrats’ Answer to Rising Gas Prices? Raise Taxes on Producers
(The Center Square) Democrats on a U.S. House subcommittee claimed that increased gas prices are because of American oil and gas companies “price gauging”...
Beat Biden’s Tax Hikes: How Hard Money Can Protect Investors
(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) With Tax Day coming up and tax hike proposals coming down the pike, investors are eyeing ways to limit...
State Treasurers to Biden: Prioritize U.S. Energy Production
(The Center Square) Treasurers and other financial officers from 22 states on Tuesday warned President Joe Biden about the need for U.S. energy independence...
Feds: Retail Food Prices to Increase by an Additional 5%
(The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects U.S. food prices to increase by at least another 5% on average this year as...
Energy Groups Target Biden on Bindenflation
(John Ransom, Headline USA) Two American energy groups are blasting President Biden for shutting down American oil and gas drilling at a time that oil...
Russia War Could Further Escalate Auto Prices and Shortages
(AP) BMW has halted production at two German factories. Mercedes is slowing work at its assembly plants. Volkswagen, warning of production stoppages, is looking...
Has the Fed Abandoned Its Average Inflation Target?
(William J. Luther, American Institute for Economic Research) Inflation continues to exceed the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent target. The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index...
