Inflation risk takes center stage

by Claudio Grass via Claudiograss.ch Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been seeing more and more mainstream headlines about inflation fears being on the rise, both in the US and in Europe. Central bankers on both sides of the Atlantic have been …

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Costco Sees “Inflationary Factors Abound” Don’t tell Costco executives that inflation is low. The big-box club chain said it’s been seeing accelerating prices across a range of products, including shipping containers, aluminum foil and a 20% spike in meat prices …

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Fed Offers No Holiday from Inflation

by: Stefan Gleason Heading into Memorial Day weekend, American motorists will see the highest prices at the pump since 2014, according to AAA. Gas prices now average $3.04 a gallon nationally – reflecting a jump of more than $1.00 compared to …

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Inflation Flying in Hotter than Ever!

by David Haggith All those economists who went along with the Fed’s inflation-is-temporary-and-going-per-plan narrative are stunned by the data they now see coming in. They shouldn’t be, as it was predicable. However, they will need to get bigger charts to make …

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Inflation: Your Role as a Milk Cow

by Jeff Thomas via International Man Traditionally, inflation has been defined as “an increase in the amount of currency in circulation.” Such an increase almost always causes an increase in the cost of goods and services, since, more plentiful currency units …

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Biden’s Debt and Inflation Problems Won’t Be Easy to Fix… If The Government Calculated Inflation Like It Did In 1980, CPI Would Be Running At North Of 11% Y/Y.

via 19fortyfive: President Joe Biden’s bold budget proposals must raise serious questions about the country’s economic future. Not only do they raise immediate inflationary concerns. They also raise concerns about the country’s long-run debt sustainability. In his first 100 days in office, Mr. …

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QE being QE. 3 month yield has not heard about coming inflation. The three key drivers of inflation are now running at all cylinders.

  https://twitter.com/AndysCycles/status/1396286034942611458 Central banks balance sheet vs GDP. "Everything is fine, it is not as large as Japan's BOJ" is a false narrative. Considering three decades of stagnation and massive debt as "fine" is more than dangerous. pic.twitter.com/vTIVSR6cY5 — Daniel …

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