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Hardly anyone likes inflation Unless you’re a big-time debtor like the US government, you understand how destructive inflation can be It erodes the value of your money, reduces your standard of...
Anyone who thought that the Federal Reserve would be able to bring inflation down with its latest steps to tighten monetary policy was disappointed with last week’s inflation numbers The consensus...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) published its latest monthly inflation statistics last week and the results were unsurprising Inflation pushed once again to the highest levels in over 40 years,...
It’s safe to say that inflation has probably been at the forefront of most of our minds for the past few months Food prices have been rising for the past year, and if you’ve gone to the grocery...
Anyone who had hoped that the government’s latest inflation numbers would show signs of improvement was left bitterly disappointed by this week’s release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics While...
To anyone who thought inflation was just transitory, the most recently published inflation figures probably came as a punch in the gut Not only is inflation not transitory, but it continues to rise...
What had once seemed a tempest in a teapot has grown into a major scandal for the Federal Reserve System Two Federal Reserve Bank presidents have already stepped down from their posts, another is in...
In the aftermath of World War II, the United States was considered the world’s hegemon It had the world’s strongest military, the biggest economy, and most importantly, the US dollar had become...
When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) was first elected to Congress in 2018, she was part of a left-wing wave that handed control of Congress to Democrats AOC’s views were among the most radical of...
While much of the attention surrounding discussion of stimulus spending focuses on Congress, hardly anyone seems to be paying attention to the organization enabling Congress’ spending: the Federal...
The history of money is the history of failed currencies From the Roman denarius to the German Goldmark to the Zimbabwean dollar, currencies across the world have collapsed and failed Just because a...
With stock markets continuing to push toward new record highs, there has been much talk about the US entering another “Roaring Twenties” The 1920s have become almost legendary in popular culture,...
