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Inflation
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The Right Coast
Why Americans Dislike the Economy | City Journal
Why are the vibes so bad? ask legions of commentators, noting the disconnect between polling on the economy and top-level economic indicators. The unemployment rate is within spitting distance of 60-year lows,…
The Right Coast
The case for loosening is getting stronger
Have central bank interest rates peaked in the US and the eurozone? If so, how quickly might they fall? From around mid-2021, central banks clearly had to tighten significantly. But…
The Right Coast
Biden s Food Inflation Crushes Household Budgets
As of September, overall grocery prices have vaulted higher by a stunning 20% in under three years. Looking at some common grocery items unveils even larger price surges in some key…
21st Century Taxation
Gasoline Excise Tax Outdated – What will come from recent House hearing on this?
The federal gasoline excise tax that helps fund road construction and maintenance has been 18 cents per gallon since 1993! The tax is not tied to the price of gasoline…
The Right Coast
Schumer s Artificial Consensus – WSJ
When Americans think of Biden blunders in economic policy they are bound to think of spending and inflation. But a less conspicuous error-in-the-making also threatens significant damage to American prosperity.…
The Right Coast
Inflation costs take hidden toll on American society. Here’s how.
High inflation doesn t just leave you with less money in your wallet and struggling to pay bills.It also imposes long-term costs on society and the economy by forcing consumers…
The D&O Diary
Inflation Weighs on Company Performance, Leads to Securities Suit
A host of macroeconomic factors continue to weigh on the U.S. economy, including rising interest rates, economic inflation, and supply chain and labor supply disruption. Geopolitical factors such as the…
The Right Coast
Yellen and rest of Bidenomics team ignore middle-class misery their policies create | Fox News
Few people have done more to destroy the American middle class than Janet Yellen. Both in her former capacity as Federal Reserve chair and now as secretary of the Treasury,…
Health Law Prof Blog
Policy Forum: Pensions, Retirement Incentives, and the Role of Inflation
Tammy Schirle (Wilfrid Laurier University), Policy Forum: Pensions, Retirement Incentives, and the Role of Inflation, 71 Canadian Tax J. (2023):This article describes the role of wage and price inflation for…
The Right Coast
The Census Exposes Bidenomics – WSJ
Mr. Biden is trying to avoid the real story, which is that the Census Bureau says median household income adjusted for inflation fell last year by $1,750 to $74,580. It…