The Fed’s Hawkish Pressure Is Working Against Inflation
The Federal Reserve has stuck by its aggressively hawkish stance despite massive pains suffered in…
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Dr. Duru Inflation May Be Dead, But Inflation Watch Is Not
Things have been pretty quiet around here. Every now and then I see a story…
Relative, not absolute, oil prices impact the economy
James Hamilton posted a quick study of the impact of oil prices on car sales…
General Mills fighting food inflation with innovation
Tom Hudson from the Nightly Business Report just tweeted the following: “how @generalmills is fighting…
Prices going up yet again at the company lunch counter
Last year, my company raised prices 4-5% on food in its cafeterias. With the ink…
Despite declining coffee prices, Starbucks ($SBUX) hiking some prices by 1%
Although agricultural prices have generally decreaed for several months, coffee included, Starbucks (SBUX) announced today…
Agflation finally slowing down
Global supplies of agricultural products are expanding, perhaps in response to past shortages. These forces…
When is it really cheaper to make your food at home?
On Thanksgiving Day, NPR’s Marketplace included a follow-up segment to a story from 2009 on…
Anticipating higher diamond prices
Investment funds are preparing to help investors chase higher diamond prices. Demand from India, China,…
High rare earth prices impact more and more products
In “China Consolidates Control of Rare Earth Industry“, the NY Times builds from a General…