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News Articles here: 1. GUNDLACH: We’re at a ‘moment of truth’ that could break either way www.businessinsider.com/gundlach-were-at-a-moment-of-truth-that-could-break-either-way-2018-3?r=UK&IR=T 2. Warning: Last Week’s Wage Data Confirms Inflation is Spiking gainspainscapital.com/2018/03/… 3. Consumer … Read more
Here is why “wage inflation” shouldn’t be a concern for anyone. Income has barely moved in terms of purchasing power since 1999. Can you name anything that a consumer buys … Read more
by John Rubino Dave, the plumber who saves us every six or so months when a leaking pipe, water heater, or toilet threatens to destroy our walls and ceilings, was … Read more
via Kirk Spano Summary Gary Cohn resigns from President Trump’s staff. Who wants to be on President Trump’s staff anymore? Is there inflation or not? (File under “I told you so.”). Consider your … Read more
By Charles Sizemore It seems that some bad ideas never die. President Trump rattled the markets last week by unexpectedly announcing his intent to impose a large 25% tariff on imported steel … Read more
The Call Is Coming From Inside the House: Inflation Is Already Here The recent indictment of several traders caught manipulating the precious metals markets was met with a relative shrug … Read more
by David Haggith The Federal Reserve is now hacking its own zombie recovery to death and eating it by reversing the actions it employed to create this artificially supported recovery. Each … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER Large drop from already historically depressed levels reverses year end spike, and inline with depressed mortgage applications: Highlights Sales of new homes slowed but not all the data … Read more
Financial Survival Network, Released on 2/26/18 As expected, the Fed has announced that it’s going to be more lenient towards the inflation rate. We’re not too surprised about this turn … Read more
Michael Lebowitz: Central Banks Created The Inflation Monster & Can’t Stop It Now? The discussion centers around central bankers and in Lebowitz’s opinion the bond bull market is not over, … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “Pricing power has erupted…” The transportation industry, particularly trucking, has benefited from the rise in retail spending in the fourth quarter and in much of 2017. … Read more
by: Stefan Gleason, Money Metals Investors got lulled into a state of inflation complacency. Persistently low official inflation rates in recent years depressed bond yields along with risk premiums on … Read more
via byMike Mish Shedlock Every month, pundits comment on average wages. But median wages best explain how the Fed’s policies crucify workers. The meme of the day is wage growth is accelerating. … Read more
by Lance Roberts Last week, John Coumarianos penned an interesting piece discussing the surge in home prices over the last few months. To wit: “The psychological factors are harder to assess. … Read more
by Jim Quinn Over the last year oil and gas inflation has been double digits. Since all of our food and Chinese shit is delivered by trucks who use diesel, … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But something funny happened on the way to the headlines. In describing the retail-sales data released today, words like “slumps” and “declines” kept cropping up in … Read more