Inflation
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“Fed Will Hold Interest Rates – And Inflation Will Rise”
“Early this year, it was our belief (and forecast) that the Federal Reserve would start lifting interest rates from their current level of near zero by mid-year 2010. Our view […]
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“The Great Chinese Inflation”
“Inflations have undermined the cultural and economic fabric of society, bringing social chaos and revolution. One example is the Great Chinese Inflation of the 1930s and 1940s. Indeed, the destruction […]
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“Greece and GM: Too weak to fail”
“In the commercial, Whitacre says GM has ‘repaid our government loan in full.’ Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) noted that GM used government funds to pay back the government: It ‘simply […]
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Inflation Destroys Savings
“Everything that is done by a government against the purchasing power of the monetary unit is, under present conditions, done against the middle classes and the working classes of the […]
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The Return of British Stagflation?
The UK inflation rate jumped to 3.7 percent last month, way above the Bank of England’s 2 percent target. This comes as a surprise to both the monetary policymakers of […]
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Nouriel Roubini – Return to the Abyss
“If fiscal imbalances are not addressed through spending cuts and revenue increases, only two options remain: inflation for countries that borrow in their own currency and can monetize their deficits; […]
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“Warning: Inflation May Be Harmful to Your Growth”
“While few doubt that very high inflation is bad for growth, there is less agreement about the effects of moderate inflation. Using panel regressions and allowing for a nonlinear specification, […]
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“The Relationship Between Inflation and the Budget Deficit in Turkey”
“For Turkey, Metin (1995) analyzed inflation using a general framework of sectoral relationships and found that fiscal expansion was a determining factor for inflation. The excess demand for money affected […]
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“Calculating the Candy Price Index”
“In this classroom experiment, students develop a price index based on candy-purchasing decisions made by members of their class. They use their index to practice calculationg inflation rates and to […]
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Spending on Full
On Wednesday, I posted a link to a Freedom Daily article by Jim Powell. It was a very interesting article. I highly recommend it for those who are not aware […]
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TFI Conference in Philadelphia
On April 9, 2010, the Atlas Economic Research Foundation held a Teach Freedom Initiative conference at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel in Philadelphia. The theme of the conference is “The […]
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“How a Rich and Proud Nation Went Broke”
“On Loyalty Day, October 17, 1951, Evita declared, “I ask you today, comrades, only one thing — that we will all swear publicly to defend Perón and fight to the […]