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Inflation
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Law & Economics Prof Blog
Who Wants the Fed to Raise Rates?
By BDG
The Fed left interest rates alone, and not everyone is happy about that. As Matt Yglesias argues, leaving rates low indefinitely is at least defensible, as long as inflation stays…
Leaving A Loving Legacy
Common retirement assumptions people make that could result in an unexpected shortfall.
Making incorrect or overly optimistic assumptions about your retirement portfolio and plans can lead to disastrous results. Some of the most common retirement assumptions that may not turn out to…
The Right Coast
Why Dovish Critics Of The Fed’s FOMC Statement Are Wrong – Forbes
Some observers of the Fed were complaining Wednesday that the FOMC statement should have rolled back plans for a mid-2015 rate increase. In their view, reduced rates of inflation observed…
The Right Coast
Volcker, Reagan & History | RealClearPolitics
Krugman recently wrote a column arguing that the decline of double-digit inflation in the 1980s was the decade's big economic event, not the cuts in tax rates usually touted by…
Global Policy Watch
Is Argentina Ready For A Rebound?
By Allan Topol
Pity poor Argentina. It was recently reported that Colombia had passed Argentina as the third largest economy in Latin America after Mexico and Brazil. If that wasn't bad enough, tiny…
The Right Coast
Treasuries weaken after US inflation data – FT.com
Tuesday 19:45 BST. Signs of inflationary pressures in the US ahead of a policy decision from the Federal Reserve sparked a sell-off in Treasury bonds and helped lift the dollar,…
The Right Coast
Martin Feldstein: Warning: Inflation Is Running Above 2% – WSJ
Inflation is rising in the United States and could become a serious problem sooner than the Federal Reserve and many others now recognize. There are three basic reasons why the…
The Right Coast
Cafe Hayek where orders emerge: And I do mean relatively
Forget the many historical instances of the sovereign debasing the coinage and unleashing hyperinflation - from Nero in ancient Rome to Mugabe in modern Zimbabwe. Look instead only at the relatively stable U.S. dollar. During the…
The Right Coast
The Bubble Is Back – NYTimes.com
Housing bubbles are measured by comparing current prices to a reliable index of housing prices. Fortunately, we have one. The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics has been keeping track…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Bankruptcy Dollar Amounts Increase
By Bryan Fears
Section 104 of the Bankruptcy Code authorizes adjustments of certain dollar amounts every three years to account for inflation. The effective date of the most recent changes was April 1,…