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Posts related to ‘Inflation’

The Perils Of Ignoring Inflation

Posted: December 29, 2010 at 5:05 am

The Federal Reserve says it has inflation under control. More and more economic data says that is not true. Wheat, copper, and gold prices are at or near all-time highs. ...
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Inflation In Online E-Commerce Prices Spikes

Posted: December 19, 2010 at 6:46 am

The prices of goods sold online has moved up sharply according to data from MIT. The movement higher has outpaced the Consumer Price Index recently, a possible sign of inflation ...
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What Will China Do With All Of Its Gold?

Posted: December 3, 2010 at 5:05 am

The Xinhua news agency reports that China imported just under 210 metric tons of gold in the first ten months of 2010. That is about five times the what it ...
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EU Speaks Of Deflation, As Inflation Looms

Posted: April 15, 2010 at 6:08 am

The European Union's economy commissioner says that the 16-country region faces deflation if financial reforms are not made in most of the nations in the alliance. According to the AP, ...
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ISM Improves But Spectre Of Inflation Looms

Posted: April 1, 2010 at 9:22 am

The March Manufacturing ISM report was better than expected, indicating that the economy is expanding whether job creation is occurring or not. The figures may support the theory that production in the US ...
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How Flawed Is China’s Economic Data?

Posted: March 11, 2010 at 5:53 am

China's statistics bureau said that the rise in housing prices over the last year was 1.5%. The China Real Estate Association put the figure at 22%. "When I saw that ...
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Signals From The Money Supply

Posted: October 30, 2009 at 1:12 pm

Since the start of the financial crisis the Federal Reserve has grown the money supply with incredible speed.  Inflation hawks have been crying bloody murder.  To be sure, the amount ...
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