Producer Price Index (PPI) and Consumer Sentiment Index Point to Deflation
Two Signs That Deflation is Far From Over Producer Price Index (PPI) turns south The federal government defines the Producer Price Index (PPI) as “the average change over time in the selling prices...
View ArticleCosts of Inflation in Business
The current UK inflation rate is 2.7 percent. So what does this mean? The term inflation refers to a general rise in the price of a goods and services. This means the price of a basket of goods this...
View ArticleThe Secret Word: Deflation – And the Next Five Years of Financial Turmoil
In the first five months of 2012, there were 20 times as many Google searches on "inflation" as there were on "deflation." This is down from a ratio of 50 times in June 2008. If any theme has been...
View ArticleThe Impact of Inflation on Retirement Planning
Planning for retirement is difficult enough without having to worry about inflation. There is a lot to consider when you stop working a regular job. Do you plan on living where you are now. Do you want...
View ArticleThe Impact of Inflation on Savings
The obvious impact of inflation on your savings is that the purchasing power is erroded. This means that if you stash $100 under the mattress today and inflation is 3% per year when you come back a...
View ArticleDeflation Not Over?
The majority of the inflation from 2012 occurred in the first quarter with extremly high monthly rates of inflation. Overall in 2012 there were 6 very inflationary months (on a monthly basis), 5...
View ArticleInternational Inflation and Deflation Trends over the Past 5 Years
International Inflation Rates Had Ups and Downs Over Past 5 Years. The global economy has suffered some serious setbacks since late 2007, with some economists and experts going so far as to call it the...
View ArticleSequestration, Currency Wars, Inflation and Ben Bernanke
By Douglas French Laissez Faire Club Only in government speak can more = less We thought for sure the shrill cries of Sequestration hell, fire and brimstone were going to get Congress to hit the panic...
View ArticleCould a Raise in Minimum Wage Trigger Inflation?
Here at Inflation Data we believe that all other things being equal the primary cause of inflation is an increase in the money supply, i.e. “too much money chasing too few goods.” But raising the...
View ArticleFood Price Inflation Since 1913
On March 4, 1913, the last day of his presidency, President William Howard Taft signed a bill promoting the Department of Labor to a Cabinet-level Department. That same year they began tracking...
View ArticleWhat Does 8% Inflation Really Mean?
By Dennis Miller Eight percent is not good news. In my latest article I shared some reader feedback from our inflation survey, and in case you missed it, the Money Forever Reader Poll Inflation Rate is...
View ArticleWhat is the Phillips Curve?
The Nature of the Phillips Curve The Phillips Curve is an economic concept was developed by Alban William Phillips and shows an integral relationship between unemployment and inflation. Phillips began...
View ArticleWhat is Biflation?
Biflation is a relatively new term coined by Dr. F. Osborne Brown, a Senior Financial Analyst for the Phoenix Investment Group in 2003. It is sometimes referred to as “mixed inflation” but it basically...
View ArticleWhy Money Printing Makes You Poorer
Here is an excellent article by Bill Bonner on the announcement that Japan made that they are going to crank up the printing press and eliminate the deflation that has been plaguing their economy over...
View ArticleStimulate the Economy? Please Don’t!
Personally, I would love to see the inflation rate stay between 1 and 2% or better yet between 0% and 1%. Why? In the long run low inflation rates benefit everyone, as people can accurately judge their...
View ArticleHealth Insurance Inflation
Since the beginning of 2012, health insurance costs have skyrocketed significantly above the rate of overall inflation. As you can see from the chart below, health insurance inflation peaked at almost...
View ArticleRegarding Gas Inflation
Doug S. Says I’m full of It- Regarding Gas Inflation I just got the following comment from Doug S. I saw the chart on how gas prices haven’t really risen when considered with inflation. I am 61 years...
View ArticleWhy Inflation is U.S. Hottest Export
Last week, we went to São Paulo, Brazil. There, too, we found taxi drivers who knew a lot more about monetary crises than the typical US economist. Said one: I remember. I was just a kid. But my...
View ArticleInflation Trends since 1914- The 15 year Cycle
Inflation like everything else it seems has cycles. It trends up for years and then for almost no reason begins falling again. After a while it rises again. Unfortunately, while it is doing its long...
View ArticleLong Term U.S. Inflation
We have updated the charts on long Term Inflation, including Average Annual Inflation by decade, Cumulative Inflation by Decade and Cumulative Inflation since 1913. The Chart below shows the Annual...
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