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Money & The Economy
How Will the Fed React to the Latest Inflation, Jobs Data?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released the Consumer Price Index for March. Prices were nearly unchanged, increasing only 0.1%.…
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Opinion
Rising Oil Prices About to Reignite Higher Inflation
OPEC+ ,which is the 13 original OPEC countries plus 10 more countries including Russia and Canada, has just announced it…
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Opinion
The Summer Inflation Pause Will Be Short-Lived
The good news is that inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, slowed to near zero in July and…
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Opinion
Understanding the Fed’s Current Monetary Policy
The Federal Reserve said earlier this year, that they are switching their focus from primarily reducing unemployment to reducing inflation…
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Opinion
Is it Time to Replace Powell and Yellen?
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s recent comments indicate he will continue his string of inaccurate and wrong forecasts about the…
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Opinion
Biden is wrong again: A recession is inevitable and so is stagflation
President Biden has recently made a one-word statement that explains his understanding of the economy today and where he…
Read More » Biden vs. Bezos -Higher taxes on the wealthy will make inflation worse
Recently, in the back-and-forth exchange between the Biden Administration and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Biden said he wants to raise…
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Money & The Economy
Inflation Pauses — But Will Get Even Hotter This Summer
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the inflation report for the month of April on its Consumer Price Index (CPI), showing it…
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Opinion
Inflation Soars in March. Even Higher Inflation Coming.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released the monthly change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March. The CPI increased by…
Read More » Biden’s Gas Policy? Right Idea, Wrong Action
President Biden announced that he will release one million barrels of oil from the strategic reserve each day for the…
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Money & The Economy
Fed’s Slow Pace on Interest Rate Hikes Will Lead to More Inflation and Then Recession
At their March meeting, the Federal Reserve decided to raise interest rates a meager 0.25 percent. That hike will do…
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Money & The Economy
Oil and Gas Prices Have Peaked, But Inflation Will Continue
The good news is that oil and gas prices have peaked. The bad news is that inflation will continue to…
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Money & The Economy
Inflation at 7.9% — But the Worst Is Yet to Come
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for February. Prices rose by 0.8% for the…
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Opinion
Energy, inflation, Putin — here’s a solution to three problems
It is interesting to note the relationship between energy prices, overall inflation and Mr. Putin’s aggression. Unless there is an…
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Money & The Economy
February Jobs Report Shows Fed Must Act Aggressively
Recently released data indicates that the US economy added 678,000 jobs in February. That strong number would be great news if it…
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