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January 2024 Annual Inflation Down Despite High Monthly Inflation
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI report released on February 13th, Annual Inflation was down to 3.1% in January from 3.4% in December. (but since we calculate it to two digits, it was...
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Inflation, High Inflation, and Hyperinflation
The following article was written by Dr. Thorsten Polleit and was originally published in October 2022. Since then, inflation has come down significantly, but his analysis is still valid. Dr. Polleit...
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Hyperinflation- How a Trickle Can Turn into a Flood
In 1903, a lawyer in Germany took out an insurance policy and made payments on it faithfully. When the policy came due in twenty years, he cashed it in and bought a single loaf of bread with the...
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4 Key Factors to Consider When Hedging Against Inflation
The FED’s target yearly inflation rate in the U.S. is about 2%, but the long term average is more like 3% and depending on ongoing economic conditions, this rate can significantly increase, affecting...
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Inflation Destroys More Than Money
Everyone knows that inflation hurts consumers by raising the cost of their purchases and that it hurts those on fixed incomes the most because although their costs are rising, their income isn’t. In...
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What Causes Stagflation?
In my article What is Stagflation, I wrote: The simple definition of Stagflation is a “stagnant economy coupled with price inflation”. Thus the term Stagflation… it has nothing to do with Deer. In...
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Optimize Your Finances as Inflation Cools
The consumer price index, personal consumption expenditures, and producer price index point to cooling inflation, but no one can say for certain what the economy will do next. High inflation rates have...
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How Inflation Destroys Civilization
The following article by Jörg Guido Hűlsmann was originally published in 2004. Dr. Hűlsmann is a professor of economics at the University of Angers, where he directs the Master in Law and Finance and...
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The Correlation Between Job Market Turnover and Inflation
Created by Meta AI Inflation, the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services rises, erodes purchasing power and poses significant challenges for economies. During periods of high...
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Which is Worse, Inflation or Deflation?
It all depends on the type of Deflation. There are actually two types. The deflation that most people are familiar with is the result of a market collapse such as we saw in 2008. Prices of assets (like...
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