Showing posts with label INFLATION 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label INFLATION 2012. Show all posts
Friday, December 28, 2012

At 2% Inflation/Year, It Takes Just 35 Years To Devalue The Dollar 50%

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The rule of 72.

Consumer Prices Up 8.4% Under Four Years Of Obama

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The Consumer Price Index is up 8.4% under four years of Obama (November 2008 to November 2012). Similarly measured, the CPI rose 10.05% in ...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Irrational Exuberance In Producer Prices Coincided With Housing Bubble

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Once producer prices hit the 122 level on the index in 1999, they really didn't look back for nine years, reaching a peak of 205 in 2008...
Friday, August 24, 2012

Education And Health: Inflation Is Highest Where Government Interferes The Most

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Mish has the chart and discussion here .
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Price Of Gold Adjusted To The Purchasing Power Of The Dollar

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What is today's fair value price of an ounce of gold? Is it really $1,579 the ounce? In 1913 the price of gold was still fixed at $20.67...

The Purchasing Power of the Dollar Under Post-War Presidents Is A Catastrophe

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The purchasing power of the dollar under Truman fell 12 percent in four years (1949-1953). The purchasing power of the dollar under Eisenhow...
Thursday, May 31, 2012

GDP Revised Down For Q1 2012 From 2.2 Percent To 1.9 Percent

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You talkin' to me? Way to go, Brownie! Here's the story from the horse's mouth: Real gross domestic product -- the output of go...
Friday, March 16, 2012

The Inflation Quotation of the Second Millennium for the Third

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"Inflation is like a banana. Once you see one brown spot, it's too late." -- attributed to central banker Henry Wallich by Je...