Evans not worried about inflation because of high unemployment
Charles Evans, President of the Chicago Federal Reserve, recently spoke at The Darla Moore School…
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Dr. Duru Beware of bargain prices wrapped in smaller packages
The NY Times printed a mostly anecdotal article about companies hiding price increases in smaller…
Price declines continue for televisions
In “Philips Warns On TV Business As Price Pressures Remain“, the Wall Street Journal reports…
Price of soap and detergent going up in China
Reuters reports that Proctor & Gamble Company (PG) and Unliever (UL) are hiking the price…
Prices going up at the company lunch counter
It had to happen eventually. My company recently announced that prices in the company cafeteria…
Laurence Meyer confident in Fed’s ability to respond to an increase in inflation expectations
Laurence H. Meyer, a former governor of the Federal Reserve, wrote an op-ed in the…
A housing bubble in Switzerland?
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has been extremely reluctant to increase interest rates, presumably because…
General Mills expects increased supply chain costs
General Mills (GIS) announced earnings this morning and reported that it expects supply chain costs…
Inflation cited as major factor in historic decline in UK standard of living
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) released a study on March 21 noting that the…
How rising food prices squeeze the poor
While Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke comfortably dismisses rising food prices as a transient phenomenon…