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‘Two Percent Inflation’ and The Fed’s Current Mandate
‘Two Percent Inflation’ and The Fed’s Current Mandate Over the last 100 years the Fed has had many mandates and policy changes in its pursuit of becoming the chief central economic planner for the United States. Not only has it pursued this utopian dream of planning the US economy and financing every boondoggle conceivable in […]
Fear And Dread Of Deflation—-The Keynesian Big Lie At Work
Fear And Dread Of Deflation—-The Keynesian Big Lie At Work The fear of deflation has become the cornerstone of Keynesian economic thought. A lack of inflation has been used to explain periods of economic weakness from the Great Depression of the 1930’s, to the Great Recession 2008-2009. And now, that philosophy has been adopted as […]
All eyes on Fed, Greece after ECB fires bazooka
All eyes on Fed, Greece after ECB fires bazooka PARIS (Reuters) – After the surprises from central banks which rocked markets at the start of the year, the U.S. Federal Reserve will be watched as closely as ever this week to see that it doesn’t stray from its own policy path. The atmosphere will already be […]
Thousands march against Venezuelan president
Thousands march against Venezuelan president Protesters rally against sky-high inflation and shortages of food in Caracas, demanding President Nicolas Maduro resign. Thousands of protesters have marched in the Venezuelan capital banging pots and pans over shortages of food and demanding an end to President Nicolas Maduro’s term in office. Demonstrators poured on to the streets […]
Kuroda Says BOJ to Mull Fresh Options in Case of More Easing
Kuroda Says BOJ to Mull Fresh Options in Case of More Easing Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda signaled the central bank may need to look at fresh options if more stimulus is needed to propel inflation to levels unseen since stagnation set in two decades ago. “If, really, our possible path to 2 percent inflation […]
How China Deals With Deflation: A 60% Pay Raise For 39 Million Public Workers
How China Deals With Deflation: A 60% Pay Raise For 39 Million Public Workers While the rest of the developed world, flooded with re-exported deflation as a result of now ubiquitous money printing, scrambles to print even more money in hopes of stimulating the economy when all it is doing is accelerating a closed deflationary loop (at […]
When This Ends, Everybody Gets Hurt
When This Ends, Everybody Gets Hurt And the end is uncomfortably close Central banks around the globe have taken us all into unchartered territory, where the possible paths boil down to a binary outcome: either it all works out or it doesn’t. Unfortunately, the ‘it all works out’ outcome has a very low probability of […]
Low inflation should not be feared, says George Osborne
Low inflation should not be feared, says George Osborne The sharp fall in the UK inflation rate should not be feared, Chancellor George Osborne will say in a speech later. “We should not confuse this welcome news with the threat of damaging deflation that we see in the eurozone,” he will say in a speech. […]
Deflation and the eurozone: why falling prices aren’t always good news
Deflation and the eurozone: why falling prices aren’t always good news As oil prices continue to fall, a strange phenomenon is making its presence felt across Europe: deflation. Familiar in Japan since the 1990s, consistently falling prices for the goods we buy are almost unheard of in Europe, not seen since the grim years of […]
The Achilles Heel of the Global Status Quo: Deflation
The Achilles Heel of the Global Status Quo: Deflation Rather than being the Monster Under the Bed in central bank nightmares, deflation is the natural result of a competitive economy experiencing productivity gains. That the global Status Quo is terrified of deflation is the background of every policy decision and official PR sound-bite. The reason behind this unremitting […]
Game Over Japan: Real Wages Crash Most In 21st Century, Savings Rate Turns Negative | Zero Hedge
Game Over Japan: Real Wages Crash Most In 21st Century, Savings Rate Turns Negative | Zero Hedge. When about a month ago it was revealed that Japan’s shadow economic advisor is none other than Paul Krugman, we said it was only a matter of time before the Japanese economy implodes. Terminally. We didn’t have long to […]
Russia says currency crisis over, but inflation set to soar | Reuters
Russia says currency crisis over, but inflation set to soar | Reuters. (Reuters) – Russia said its currency crisis was over on Thursday but warned that inflation is set to climb above 10 percent, adding to the problems facing President Vladimir Putin’s government as it fights its worst economic crisis since 1998. The ruble plunged to all-time […]
Do Falling Oil Prices Raise The Threat Of Deflation?
Do Falling Oil Prices Raise The Threat Of Deflation?. The spectacular drop in oil prices means that inflation is going to fall even further below the Fed’s 2% target. Does that raise any new risks for the economy? I say no, and here’s why. Year-over-year percent change in the monthly deflator for personal consumption expenditures. […]
2014 Year in Review – David Collum | Peak Prosperity
2014 Year in Review – David Collum | Peak Prosperity. Every year, friend-of-the-site David Collum writes a detailed “Year in Review” synopsis full of keen perspective and plenty of wit. This year’s is no exception. As with past years, he has graciously selected PeakProsperity.com as the site where it will be published in full. It’s quite longer than […]
Food Prices Grow At Fastest Pace In 3 Years, As Meat Soars
Food Prices Grow At Fastest Pace In 3 Years, As Meat Soars. Want to save on your food bill? Switch to chicken. Inflation slowed down in November, thanks primarily to plummeting gas prices, but the rapid rise in meat prices that has stalked consumers this year showed no signs of slowing. Overall inflation fell to […]
