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$2 a Gallon Gas, Michele Bachmann? Aim Higher.

Adam Levin | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, Republican Candidates, Economy, Opec, Non-Renewable Energy, Michelle Bachman, Michele Bachmann, Price of Oil, Politics, Cpi, 2012 Election, Consumer Price Index, Price of Gas, Financial Crisis, Credit Card, $2 Dollar a Gallon, Politics News
Adam Levin

Michele Bachmann asserted that, if elected, she will fight to bring us back to the heady days of $2 per gallon gasoline. That's one hell of a campaign promise.

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Paige Lavender

Dem Congressman Shows How New Obama Plan Slashes Social Security

HuffingtonPost.com | Paige Lavender | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Gang of Six Debt Plan, Debt, Social Security, Social Security Cuts, Rep. Peter Defazio, President Barack Obama, Cpi, Gang of Six, Consumer Price Index, Barack Obama, Daily Kos, Debt Ceiling, Video, Peter DeFazio, Debt Negotiations, Medicare, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) took to the House floor Wednesday to decry efforts being made by President Barack Obama and the Gang of Six ...

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Americans Continue To Struggle As Fears Of Inflation Aren't Eliminated

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Consumer Price Index June, Wells Fargo Securities, Core Index, Food Prices, Core Inflation, Inflation, Consumer Price Index, CPI June, Mark Vitner, Cpi, Business News

NEW YORK -- Gas prices fell in June, but prices for nearly everything else rose, according to figures released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistic...

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Consumer Prices Fall By Most In A Year

Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, High Inflation, Unemployment, Consumer Prices, Inflation, Cpi, Consumer Price Indx, Food Prices, New York Federal Reserve, Inflation Unemployment, Business News

Consumer prices fell slightly more than expected in June to post their biggest drop in a year on weak gasoline costs, but underlying inflation pre...

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Core Inflation Rises At Fastest Pace In Three Years

Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Energy, Clothing, Gasoline Prices, Inflation, Cpi, Labor Department, 112th Congress, Food, Hyperinflation, Consumer Price Index, Barack Obama, Video, Business News

Core consumer inflation rose at quickest pace in nearly three years in May and a regional manufacturing gauge contracted this month, underscoring ...

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Gold May Glitter But Can It Deliver?

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Capital Flows, Russia, Investments, Wealthbriefing, Commodities, Economy, Cpi, Monetary Policy, Dividends, Soveriegn Defaults, Bank of England, Returns, Wealth, Middle East, Hedge Funds, Dollar, Diversification, US, Asia, Risk, Interest Rates, George Soros, Central Bank, Money, Stock Market, Currency, Gold, Investing, Inflation, United States, Assets, Bubble, Japan, Economic Growth, Europe, World Gold Council, Gemma Godfrey, China, Capital, Business News
Gemma Godfrey

The classic safe-haven investment has seen a strong uptrend in value since the autumn of 2008. Various factors have been credited as drivers of this move, but what is the risk gold could lose its luster?

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What Macroeconomic Announcements Will Drive Returns This April?

Irene Aldridge | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Quant Investing, Investing, Consumer Confidence, Events, Retail Sales, Macroeconomic Policy, Trade Balance, Cpi, Business News
Irene Aldridge

April is full of economic activity: finally we're out of the winter doldrums and it's just before many people follow the old adage to "sell in May and go away."

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Hey Ben, Time for an Optometrist

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inflation Rate 2010, Inflation Rate, Inflation, Consumer Price Index, Consumer Price Index 2010, Cpi, Business News
Dan Dorfman

The government's inflation statistics are by no means alarming. The CPI in October posted an 0.2% reading, or up 1.2% year over year. Still, there's no escaping the fact that practically everybody is inundating us with higher prices.

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Don't Be Fooled: Inflation Has the Upper Hand

Chris Martenson, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housing, Deflation, Cpi, Inflation, Disinflation, Martenson Report, Business News
Chris Martenson, Ph.D.

Here at Martenson Central, we are endlessly keeping a close eye out for the emergence of deflation, defined here as the purchasing power of the dollar going up.

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What Things Cost In America: 1776 To Today

24/7 Wall St. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Historical Prices, Consumer Prices, Inflation, Cost of Living, Cpi, Consumer Prices Historical, Price of Oil, Business News

The value of coffee has increased fifteen times from its price 234 years ago. This is a similar increase to the value of the dollar, based on the purc...

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QE2 Dangerous for American Wage Earners

Robert Lenzner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ppi, Wheat, Oil, Qe2, Gold, Silver, Soybeans, Sugar, Commodities, Cpi, Inflation, Commodity Prices, Consumption-Tax, Bernanke QE2, Business News
Robert Lenzner

A policy that makes fortunes for commodity traders, for hedge fund operators, for the gold and silver crowd while squeezing 90% of the nation is a terrible price to pay for replacing deflation with inflation.

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Consumers Squeezed As Commodity Prices Jump

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Prices, Energy Prices, Inflation, Consumer Price Index, Cpi, Business News

WASHINGTON — A rise in the cost of gas drove consumer prices up last month by the most in nearly a year, but overall inflation remained tame. T...

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Next Stop: Inflation

James Berman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gdx, Depression, Gdp, Deflation, Federal Reserve, Fed, Cpi, Bernanke, Tips, Gold, Monetary Policy, Rising Inflation, Recession, Inlfation, Business News
James Berman

The market has had the biggest six month rally since the 1930s and stocks cannot go up forever. We can't time the sell-off, but we can prepare for one of its likely causes: inflation.

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Transparency International's Corruption Index For 2009 (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Transparency International, Corruption Perception Index, Slidehuge, CPI 2009, Cpi, Transparency International's Corruption Index 2009, Transparency International's Corruption Index, Slidepoll, World News

Transparency International has released its 2009 Corruption Perception Index, which focuses on corruption in the public sector and uses surveys to est...

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In New York, What Goes Up Stays Up

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Prices, Cpi, Inflation, New York, New York News
Dan Dorfman

Is the cost of living in New York City really falling?

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Crisis of Confidence

Alan Schram | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Volatility, Commodities, Credit Crisis, Libor, S&P 500, Fdic, Money Market Funds, Dollar, Unemployment, Cpi, Business News, Oil, Warren Buffett, New York Times, Bank Deposits, Saving Money, Dow, Financial Crisis, Great Depression, Business News
Alan Schram

Seeing the news headlines, clearly people are frightened.The issue we are faced with today is shortage of confidence, not shortage of capital.

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