Tag: Inflation
Record Rise in US Wholesale Prices Over the Past Year
(Associated Press) Wholesale prices, driven by rising food costs, increased 0.8% in May and by a unprecedented amount over the past year as the...
How Lumber Prices Are Hammering Housing Affordability for Home Owners
(National Association of Home Builders) Skyrocketing lumber prices and supply-chain challenges continue to slow home construction, even amid higher demand. Both new home sales and existing home sales have...
The Worst-Kept Secret in America: High Inflation Is Back
(Mark Hendrickson, Mises Institute) To most people, “inflation” signifies widespread rising prices. Economists have long argued, as a matter of technical accuracy, that “inflation”...
Insider Q&A: Economist Joel Naroff on the Inflation Threat
(Associated Press) Inflation, a no-show for decades, is suddenly breaking out all over, it seems. And concerns are growing.
Consumer prices in April jumped by...
Consumer Prices Outpace Americans’ Wage Growth as Inflation Surges
(Daily Caller News Foundation) Massive government spending has decreased the value of the American dollar and triggered increased consumer prices, which economic experts said...
War of Words Over Inflation Stirs Questions for the Fed
(Judy Shelton, American Institute for Economic Research) The war of words unleashed on Wall Street and in Washington by Wednesday’s announcement of an unexpectedly...
Playing with Fire: A Dollar Rout in the Making…
(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) As the Biden administration showers the nation in debt-funded handouts and federal bailouts, new concerns are emerging as to...
The ‘Miracle Recovery’ Narrative: We’ll Just Print Our Way to Prosperity
(Claudio Grass, Mises Institute) Over the last few weeks, we’ve been constantly bombarded by news reports and “expert” analyses celebrating an incredible global economic recovery....
Biden’s ‘Green Reset’ Could Be Great for Silver
(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) As top officials around the world convene this week for a “climate summit,” President Joe Biden’s administration is planning...
What Skyrocketing Home Prices Say About Inflation
(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) Anyone who says inflation isn’t a problem hasn’t tried shopping for a new home recently.
Housing costs are skyrocketing. The...
