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inflation

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• Why You Shouldn?t Bash Cash

  Today?s seemingly microscopic yields on money market funds aren?t so bad when you take into account the fact that inflation has actually been negative for much of the year. As a result, real returns are actually fairly decent. Here?s how to think about the role of cash in your portfolio,...

  Articles | Nov 19, 2009

• Data on Production and Producer Prices Will Not Change Fed Policy

  Data on industrial production, capacity utilization, and the producer price index were released today. Turning first to the price data, the seasonally adjusted data for the producer price index rose 0.3% on an annual basis, but when food and energy prices are removed to get the core measure of...

  Blog posts | Nov 17, 2009

• Ben Bernanke's Outlook for the Economy

  A few quick reactions to Ben Bernanke's speech today where he talks about something of concern recently--namely, how the Fed will view changes in the value of the dollar. If the dollar begins to fall, that will increase the price of imported goods and materials used in production and that, in...

  Blog posts | Nov 16, 2009

• Stealth Inflation For Retirees

  As interest rates have plummeted, the cost of producing retirement income has skyrocketed. by Charlie Farrell

  Blog posts | Nov 16, 2009

• Why The Federal Reserve Needs To Be Independent

  There are several bills that have been proposed in Congress directed at the Federal Reserve. The two most prominent proposals are Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd's bill to take away most of the Fed's regulatory authority, and Congressman Ron Paul's bill to force the Fed to...

  Blog posts | Nov 12, 2009

• 5 Economic Scenarios to Keep You Up at Night

  Stagflation, more bank failures, crippling government debt ? these are just a few of the worst-case scenarios envisioned by several money managers and financial experts we consulted. While not all these experts see these chilling scenarios as likely, they remain a stark reminder of what could...

  Articles | Oct 28, 2009

• The Fed's Comments Last Week, and the Market's Reaction Since

  The Bernanke era of the Federal Reserve will be remembered by economists and investors for many reasons, but the most flattering is that the Bernanke regime avoids mumbo-jumbo in explaining what it's up to. In its statement last week on the recent Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, the...

  Blog posts | Nov 9, 2009

• No COLA For You: Seniors Discover the Downside of Deflation

  Social Security recipients and federal pensioners today discovered the downside of ultra-low inflation: Their COLA completely lost its fizz. For the first time since those groups began getting annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) in 1975, the Social Security Administration and the U. S....

  Blog posts | Oct 15, 2009

• Do Seniors Really Need Obama's Costly COLA Substitute?

  The political cost of no Social Security cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) in 2010 seems to be about $250 per retiree. That’s the value of a special Social Security payout President Obama proposed last week, timed to offset the news that for the first time since the Social Security COLA was...

  Blog posts | Oct 23, 2009

• Enough with Dow 10,000! These Numbers Actually Count

  Are you tired yet of the Dow at 10,000? I am, as most financial reporters are, even as we can't seem to help but follow each uptick over the line as if it really meant all our economic troubles were over. So by way of putting the five-figure Dow in perspective-and as recompense for asking you...

  Blog posts | Oct 19, 2009