China Gets Even Tougher on Real Estate Inflation
Reuters reports that “China Steps up Fight Against Property Speculation“: “Provincial and municipal governments in…
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Dr. Duru College Faculty Not Seeing the Benefits of Tuition Inflation
Tuition at colleges and universities are soaring (click here for story about UC schools), but,…
Inflation threat may be rising in the United Kingdom
Reuters reports that producer prices increased broadly in February in the United Kingdom: “…annual gains…
AK Steel Increases Prices on Carbon Steel Products
Another month, another price increase for AK Steel (AKS). Yesterday evening, AKS announced a $40/ton…
Indian steel prices continue to soar in 2010
The increasing costs of coking coal and iron ore are driving the price of steel…
Massachusetts rejects requests for increasing health insurance premiums
The Massachusetts Division of Insurance recently rejected 235 of 274 requested increases on health care…
RockTenn continues boosting the prices of its paper-based products
RockTenn (RKT), a manufacturer of paperboard, containerboard and consumer and corrugated packaging, has been busy…
Breakfast just got a little more expensive thanks to orange juice prices
Florida’s freezing temperatures sent orange juice futures to two-year highs in January. The impact on…
Roubini protege expects inflation all around the world
The tagline for Inflation Watch is “Watching for potential inflation here, there and everywhere.” We…
Sugar prices continue to plunge
At the end of 2009, we noted that sugar prices were soaring to multi-decade highs.…