Inflation

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Bad Time to Search for Paradise

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Bill Rhodes, Economic Downturn, George Soros, Dow Jones, Wall Street, Inflation, Optimism, Business News

Many on Wall Street have basically been pitching happy economic talk since early last year. Well, we're in early 2009 and now the bullish brigade is signaling yet another extension.

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Brace For Hyper-Inflation

Henry Blodget | Posted 05.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Inflation, Economy, Bernanke, Debt, Bernanke Inflation, Ben Bernanke Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Economic Recovery, Obama Economy, Business News

Ben Bernanke assured us that the Fed's money-printing won't eventually lead to inflation because when the economy begins to recover, the Fed will stop printing money. Ben is unlikely to keep this promise.

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Fed: Plan Now To Avert Inflation

Reuters | Ros Krasny | Posted 05.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Reserve, US Economy, Inflation, Business News

The United States economy will skid more deeply into recession in coming months, Federal Reserve policy-makers warned on Thursday, but it is time to s...

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Dispatches from the G-20 Summit

Ann Pettifor | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business

Read More: G-20 Summit, Deflation, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Stimulus, Inflation, President Obama, Financial Crisis, Business News

The consequences of Governor Mervyn King's intervention will be played out for years to come -- in the destruction of banks, businesses, jobs and human lives.

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Russia's Inflation Could Spur Social Unrest

The Moscow Times | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

Read More: Russian Economy, Russia, Inflation, Foreign Affairs, Petrostate, Russian Inflation, Vladimir Putin, Inflation in Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, Advocacy, World News

Her job is safe and her salary hasn't been cut by a single ruble, yet Svetlana Nikolayeva says she feels the effects of the financial crisis as badly ...

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Reports of the Death of Equities: Greatly Exaggerated

James Berman | Posted 04.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Depression, Nouriel Roubini, Deflation, Inflation, Stock Market, Bear Market, Warren Buffett, Paul Krugman, Black Swan, Real Estate, Dow, Recession, Great Depression, Business News

The successful investors will be the ones who wait out this period and reap the rewards once the tide turns, which it will. Soon we hope.

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The Obama Revolution

Alan Schram | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Dollar, Wall Street, Banks, Inflation, Taxes, Business News, Credit Crunch, Debt, Obama, Bank Deposits, Stimulus, Deficit, Tarp, Dow, Financial Crisis, Nationalization, Business News

The new budget President Obama proposed last week is no less than another American revolution, an economic revolution that changes the very fundamenta...

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Economic Meltdown or Back to Normal?

Hugh McGuire | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Politics, Debt, Financial Meltdown, Wealth, Economics, Inflation, Finance, Money, Stocks, Trade, Economic Crisis, Monetary Policy, Business, S&P, China, Business News

The wealth of the past 10-15 years was illusory. The markets have in fact dropped back to where they "should" be.

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Q&A with Housing Bubble Forecaster Dean Baker

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business

Baker: "For most economists, the idea that a market would take leave from its senses -- that it would be driven by speculation -- is almost inconceivable."

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In Tenuous Times, Get Back To Basics

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 03.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Getting Back to Basics, Wisdom, Inflation, Mythology, Economic Crisis, Baby Boomers, Icarus, Living News

Tenuous Times With the economy's Dominos Effect kicking in these days, most of us are feeling the pinch. Increasingly, we hear gloomy predictions o...

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Inflation: Why Investing in Yellow Could Save Your Portfolio

Jill Keto | Posted 03.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Grocery Prices, Working and Families, Mompreneurs, Commodities, Family, Economics, Corn, Economy, Working Mothers, Trend Forecasting, Gold, Saving Money, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Greater Depression, Groceries, Investing, Video, Wheat, Investing in Yellow, Bailout, Inflation, Finance, Business News, Women in Business, Silver, Personal Finance, Financial Stimulus, Internet Business, Hyperinflation, Tarp, Gold Bullion, Business News

On TV, you have to boil down answers into the shortest, most concise sound bites. Right now, my favorite sound bite is "Invest in Yellow: Corn, Wheat and Gold."

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Zimbabwe's New Prime Minister Must Tackle His Toughest Challenge Yet

The Independent | By Daniel Howden | Posted 03.15.2009 | World

Read More: South Africa, New Government in Zimbabwe, Kgalema Motlanthe, Zimbabwe, Inflation, President Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai, Gideon Gono, Zimbabwe Failing Economy, Movement for Democratic Change, Woza, World News

Linda Moyo celebrated the swearing in of Zimbabwe's historic unity government yesterday behind bars at Harare central police station. The young activ...

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Beyond the Age of Leverage: Alternative Cures for the Global Financial Crisis

Niall Ferguson | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Debt, Global Economy, Deflation, Davos, Economy, Leverage, Overleveraged, World Economic Forum, Keynesian Economics, Economic Stimulus Package, Inflation, Financial Crisis, Davos 2009, Wall Street, Gobal Financial Crisis, Business News

The harsh reality that is being repressed is this: the Western world is suffering a crisis of excessive indebtedness.

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Chavez Reign Threatened By Food Shortages, Inflation

The Miami Herald | Tyler Bridges | Posted 03.07.2009 | World

Read More: President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Inflation, Food Crisis, Economy, Economic Crisis, Food, Food Shortage, Food Shortages, Caracas, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Chavez, World News

Desiree Pereira couldn't decide among the squash she was squeezing at a food stall on Tuesday. Pereira expressed no uncertainty, however, when asked ...

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Recession Trend Tracker: What's Hot, What's Not

Jill Keto | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

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Recession Trend Tracker: What's Hot, What's Not

Jill Keto | Posted 02.18.2009 | Business

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Inflation Slows To Half-Century Low In 2008

Reuters | Posted 02.17.2009 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Inflation Slows, Shopping, Inflation, Recession, Economy, Business News

Inflation slowed to a half-century low last year and industrial output fell for the first time since 2002, data showed on Friday, as the recession dee...

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Recession Trend Tracker: What's Hot, What's Not

Jill Keto | Posted 02.12.2009 | Business

"Charticle" featuring highlights from this week in the Economy. . . hoarding gold, hot recession jobs, and the U.S. Treasuries bubble. ...

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Zimbabwe Unveils $50 Billion Note Which Buys 2 Loaves Of Bread

CNN | Posted 02.10.2009 | World

Read More: Zimbabwe Inflation Crisis, Inflation, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Inflation, Zimbabwe 50 Billion Note, World News

Zimbabwe's central bank will introduce a $50 billion note -- enough to buy just two loaves of bread -- as a way of fighting cash shortages amid spiral...

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Recession Trend Tracker: What's Hot, What's Not

Jill Keto | Posted 02.05.2009 | Business

Check back weekly for my Recession Trend Tracker. If Us Weekly and The Economist had a love child, it would look like this.

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Deficit or Depression?

Robert Kuttner | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, The Great Depression, Inflation, Deficit Spending, Economy, Budget, Government Stimulus Package, Financial Crisis, New York Times, Politics News

The government needs to spend a lot of money, so that the collapsing private economy does not end up as Great Depression II. When recovery comes, we can get the budget closer to balance.

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Recession Trend Tracker: What's Hot, What's Not

Jill Keto | Posted 01.28.2009 | Style

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Should The World's Reserve Currency Yield Zero Percent

Michael Pento | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Interest Rates, National Debt, Low Interest Rates, Inflation, Economy, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Free Market, US Currency, World's Reserve Currency, US Dollar Inflation, Business News

We must grow the economy by empowering the private sector. I would have hoped by now we learned that inflation doesn't solve anything.

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Fed reduces benchmark rate to as low as zero

AP | Posted 01.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Deflation, Inflation, Finance, Economy, Federal Funds Rate, Fed Funds Rate, Financial Crisis, Federal Reserve, Banks, Ben Bernanke, Recession, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve, urgently rewriting its playbook to fight a deepening recession, cut its benchmark interest rate to as low as z...

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Inflation is No Cure for a Recession

Michael Pento | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Recession, Inflation, Recession, Politics News

The recession I have been predicting since 2006 has arrived, but a depression can still be avoided if we cease these silly government interventions and stop trying to inflate the credit crisis away.

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