Tag: Inflation
Inflation Poses New Challenge for Pandemic-Weary Businesses
(Associated Press) Small businesses that endured shutdowns and lower revenue during the COVID-19 outbreak now must contend with another crisis: spiking prices for goods...
Republicans Point to Inflation in Bid to Retake Congress
(Associated Press) Gas prices have whizzed past $3 per gallon in much of the nation. The cost of used cars and new furniture, airline...
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....
