Tag: Inflation
Companies Warn Customers to Brace for Continued Shortages and Price Hikes
(Business Insider) Companies are preparing for historic supply-chain snags to continue into 2022.
Scott Price, the president of UPS, said on Sunday that low global...
The Great Inflation Debate Is Missing Why Inflation Matters
(Alexander William Salter, American Institute for Economic Research) The battle between inflation hawks and doves is heating up.
The year-over-year change in the Consumer Price Index...
Will the U.S. Currency Regime Fall?
(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) Afghanistan has fallen. The U.S. government’s nearly two-decade-long, multi-trillion-dollar “nation building” effort in the troubled, tribal country may now...
Socialist Venezuela to Slash 6 Zeros from Its Failed Currency
(Money Metals Exchange) After getting off to a rough start to open the week, precious metals markets appear to be stabilizing.
Gold and silver prices...
New Normal? Rising Consumer Prices Reach Endemic Levels
(Brad Polumbo, Foundation for Economic Education) Are rising consumer prices becoming part of the “new normal?”
We’re now on Day 500-and-something of “15 days to...
How High Will Inflation Be in 2021?
(Gerald P. Dwyer, American Institute for Economic Research) What will inflation be for 2021? Forecasts of inflation on the order of 3 percent or a...
Political Hacks Concoct Excuses for Their Inflation
(Clint Siegner, Money Metals News Service) Jerome Powell, after last week’s FOMC meeting, said inflation has run hotter than expected. However, he wants to assure...
Toilet Paper Rolls Are Getting Smaller — Blame the Fed
(Doug French, Mises Institute) A term has been coined for product sellers who shrink their packages, and thus, the amount of product in those...
Shrinkflation, Inflation’s Sneaky Cousin, Is on the Rise
(Klajdi Bregu, Mises Institute) Inflation has been on the rise for the past year and in the last few months it has accelerated. In...
Is America Prepared for the Inflationary Impact?
(The National Interest) After a decades-long hiatus, inflation is back in the news. So far, the figures this year are startling, and as anyone who remembers...
