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Yet another worry: Price of ship fuel is now highest since 2014
Yet another worry: Price of ship fuel is now highest since 2014 Bunker surcharges on the rise for shippers of containerized cargo Ship refueling (Photo: Shutterstock) Commodity prices are surging around the globe, so it should come as no surprise: Marine fuel is getting a lot more expensive. That’s bad news for ship operators on the […]
Fertilizer Prices Hit Record Highs, May Pressure Food Inflation Even Higher
Fertilizer Prices Hit Record Highs, May Pressure Food Inflation Even Higher Fertilizer prices have risen to a record high in North America, threatening to boost food inflation even higher. Nitrogen products are increasing due to the cost of natural gas, which is used in the manufacturing process. The Green Markets North America Fertilizer Price Index […]
Here’s Why the Housing Market Has Gone from Overheated to Raging Inferno
Here’s Why the Housing Market Has Gone from Overheated to Raging Inferno Image credit: Creative Commons (CC0) The housing market is on the verge of spinning out of control. Just about everything that could be going wrong is going wrong. The only holdout for the moment is home prices, which are up an astonishing 22.5% just this year. For many […]
Money, Bad Policies, Inflation & You
Money, Bad Policies, Inflation & You How to weather the inflationary and energy storms The global financial system and economy are a house or cards. Built on an unsustainable underpinning to ever-increasing debt the financial system is, as far as I am concerned, irretrievably insolvent. To truly grasp this you need to understand the basics […]
Why Everything is Suddenly Getting More Expensive — And Why It Won’t Stop
Why Everything is Suddenly Getting More Expensive — And Why It Won’t Stop Welcome to the Great Inflation — Or, Why We Have to Pay for the Hidden Costs of the Industrial Age Image Credit: Fortune It’s not just me. It’s probably you, too. Have you noticed that it’s starting to be hard to just…get […]
Death By Inflation Or Debt Defaults? Luke Gromen On The No-Win Situation We’re Trapped In
Death By Inflation Or Debt Defaults? Luke Gromen On The No-Win Situation We’re Trapped In https://youtu.be/csf4fdV-EOQ In the US, the monetary & fiscal stimulus spigots are turning off as the Fed threatens to start tapering in November and Congress devolves into gridlock over both the next stimulus package as well as the debt ceiling. The […]
Peter Schiff: Government Serves Grade-A B.S. on Inflation
Peter Schiff: Government Serves Grade-A B.S. on Inflation OCTOBER 5, 2021 BY SCHIFFGOLD 0 0 Both the Federal Reserve and the Biden administration continue to insist inflation is transitory. And they are also trying to shift the blame for rising prices so they avoid any responsibility. In this clip from his podcast, Peter Schiff explains why the government inflation […]
“Global Supply Chain Crisis To Last Until 2023,” Says Middle East’s Largest Port Operator
“Global Supply Chain Crisis To Last Until 2023,” Says Middle East’s Largest Port Operator Global central bankers have been out and about continuing to promote a narrative that inflation is “transitory.” We’ve seen it from the likes of Powell, Lagarde, Bailey, and Kuroda. Logically, these monetary wonks are right, inflation caused by supply chain bottlenecks […]
“Transitory” is the New Spandex: Powell Admits it, Still Denies its Cause. Why this Inflation Won’t Go Away on its Own
“Transitory” is the New Spandex: Powell Admits it, Still Denies its Cause. Why this Inflation Won’t Go Away on its Own Blames tangled-up supply chains but not what’s causing supply chains to get tangled up in the first place: The most grotesquely overstimulated economy ever. Fed Chair Jerome Powell, during a panel discussion hosted by […]
The Threat Board is Looking Busy
The Threat Board is Looking Busy Markets are never as bad as you fear, but never as good as you hope. The Threat Board has seldom looked so complex: we can try to predict outcomes, but its notoriously difficult. The list of potential ignition points seems to be expanding exponentially: Energy Prices, Oil, Inflation, Stagflation, […]
If the Fed Can’t Hit It’s Inflation Target, Why Not Just Move the Goalposts?
If the Fed Can’t Hit It’s Inflation Target, Why Not Just Move the Goalposts? The Fed has an inflation problem. The CPI is running well above the mythical 2% target and there isn’t any sign that it will ease soon. To deal with this problem, the central bank should tighten its monetary policy. But that would create […]
“Quite Alarming” – UK Energy Crisis Sparks Fresh Chaos For Food Suppliers
“Quite Alarming” – UK Energy Crisis Sparks Fresh Chaos For Food Suppliers Last week Fertilizer producer CF Industries Holdings Inc suspended operations at two UK plants because of soaring natural gas prices. As a result, these fertilizer plants that make carbon dioxide as a byproduct are in sudden shortages and are rippling through the UK food sector, […]
The Inflation Train Isn’t Anywhere Near Full Speed
The Inflation Train Isn’t Anywhere Near Full Speed Public domain photo from National Park Service Federal Reserve Chairman Powell and other members of the Fed have been using the term “transitory” to downplay the threat that the last 16 months of skyrocketing inflation would last. But inflation has been sharply on the rise since March 2020, with only […]
