Tag Archives: consumer price index

Hold On To Your Gold

Something befuddling’s going on.  It is quite the brain twister.  As night follows day and day follows night, should not price inflation follow the massive $4 trillion Fed balance sheet expansion that’s happened over the last 6-years? Simply connecting the … Continue reading

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Wealth Consumption

There aren’t many professions out there where there are no readily applied and real-time performance standards.  In fact, in the corporate world today, there’s a fanatic fixation on tying numerous metrics to performance.  You name it… If it’s measurable, verifiable, … Continue reading

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Janet Yellen’s Unwise and Inhumane Policies

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says the 0.4 percent May CPI increase is noise.  Perhaps she is right and it is noise.  But just what type of noise is it? Is it the type of noise to ignore…like a street … Continue reading

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The Paradox of Fed Credit

Last Tuesday the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the Consumer Price Index increased 0.4 percent in May and 2.1 percent over the last 12 months.  That means if you didn’t get a 2 percent raise this year you’re doing worse … Continue reading

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