In the past two years, the lag of relevant policies, coupled with the excessive reliance on administrative measures by inflation control and the dash of real inflation, have caused today's inflation situation to become more and more difficult. If we can not hurt the heavy blow at this time,...
In the past two years, wholesale prices of food have risen by nearly 40 per cent, and retail prices have gone up even faster. Inspite of robust monsoons and bumper crop, prices of food items are artificially high. Hemmed in from all sides, an average middle class person is pained by ...
In the decades since the 1980s they have trumpeted their commitment to targets. Yet over the past two years they have failed to anticipate the persistence of inflation. Should they then pay lip service to their unmet targets, they might no longer be taken at their word. In time they ...
Murat Tufan, an analyst with Turkish broadcaster Ekoturk, said the surge in production reflected the strong demand for gold as a hedge against high inflation, which reached 64.86 percent in January. "We can call this move the 'forced destiny' of Turks against inflation for the past two years...
forecasts of inflation suggested that any near-term increase would be transitory: within two or three years, inflation would return to ‘target’ – in most cases a number close to 2 per cent. Most other forecasters agreed. A return to the inflationary past was not just unlikely but, it ...
Americans are feeling more confident in the U.S. economy than they have in at least two years, according to a new survey. But further research shows inflation remains a major concern for most. The latest Gallup Economic Confidence Index, released Tuesday
Astute investors are asking two questions: 1) Will the dollar continue to decline 2) Which assets will continue to inflate The value of the dollar matters because much of what Americans buy comes from abroad. And in the past two years, the dollar has been slipping badly: down some 25 perc...
The lending frenzy in the past two years provided a solid floor under what would otherwise have been a deeper downturn—it also flooded the economy with excess liquidity and planted the seeds of inflation. New loans denominated in the yuan added up to 7.95 trillion yuan ($1.2 trillion) in ...
which is why I use several to see if they agree or don’t agree. Pretty much any valuation metric for U.S. equities suggests significant overvaluation this year and for the past few years, with the exception of the equity risk premium vs Treasuries. In other words, stocks are historically...
“Our country is back to work. We’ve seen historic employment gains in the past two years,” the Treasury secretary Janet Yellen said last month, noting that unemployment was now near record lows for Black and Hispanic Americans and people with disabilities. ...