Inflation

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Step one in the battle against soaring food prices: Start your own recession garden.
  • U.S. debt: Not so scary after all

    Last week, the Treasury sold more bonds than ever before -- and investors snapped them up. So far, so good
  • Squeezing workers

    The latest economic numbers are hard to be optimistic about, especially since the Bush administration's solutions are likely to further increase corporate profits, not jobs and wages.
  • The man who stayed too long

    Don't believe the headline writers -- higher interest rates won't beat inflation. But Alan Greenspan's successor might.
  • How you will pay for the war

    Historically, war causes inflation. The Bush administration's myopic deficit spending will only make matters worse.
  • Bond market astrology is hard

    Every time the U.S. government sells some more Treasuries, the future changes. You're excused for feeling dizzy
  • Don't fear the inflation reaper

    Those nervous bond traders can relax for now: The core inflation rate was negative in April
  • A bond market paradox

    Are investors terrified of inflation or optimistic about economic recovery? Yes.
  • Will the bond market intimidate Obama?

    The president's agenda will cost a lot of money. Where will it come from if Treasury can't borrow?
  • Can we afford the Obama agenda?

    Last Thursday, a Treasury bill auction didn't do too well. Is the dreaded bond market casting a negative vote on the president's deficit spending?
  • Economists agree: Print. Money. Now.

    Whether left or libertarian, the consensus is clear (and scary). This is no time to worry about inflation: Go, Fed, go!
  • Can a global rate cut stop the bleeding?

    After a night of market carnage in Asia, interest rate cuts are the new world order of the day. But so far, investors are unimpressed
  • Inflation throws a sucker punch

    Wall Street shudders as new figures show prices rising at the fastest rate in 27 years
  • Decline and fall of the economic stimulus boost

    Juiced by tax rebates, Americans upped their consumption in June. Unless you count inflation, in which case they actually spent less
  • Reasons to whine about the U.S. economy

    Inflation shoots up. Wages don't keep pace. Phil Gramm is strangely silent
  • The FedEx economy

    When it absolutely, positively doesn't have to get there overnight.
  • What to expect when you're expecting inflation

    Worrying that prices will rise in the future has historically ensured they rise even faster. Should we be relieved that that link seems to be broken?
  • Fun and games with inflation numbers

    Why does the U.S. government say energy prices fell in April, when everybody knows they're going up, up, up?
  • Total systemic breakdown, then and now

    The early 17th century was a tough time in China -- but not as alien to our own lives as you might imagine.
  • The health (care) of nations

    Plug this into your inequality meter: Healthcare costs are spiking again
  • Sundry and miscellaneous

    More on Tamiflu, the Phillips Curve, and Chairman Mao
  • Who needs a soft landing?

    Move over, inflation. It's time for a new public enemy No. 1
  • Goldbugs on the march

    The price of gold hits a 25-year high. Why?
  • Length matters

    While pundits sugarcoat the economy, the real issue is simple: Too many people have been out of work for too long.
  • The dangers of overstimulation

    The right time to jump-start the economy may already have passed.
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