While inflation reduces purchasing power, it also reduces the value of debt. During a period of deflation, on the other hand, debt becomes more expensive. And for consumers, investments such as stocks, corporate bonds, and real estate become riskier....
U.S. economy. A little bit of inflation is seen as a sign of a healthy economy, helping ensure businesses can keep hiring and consumers’ paychecks can keep growing. Fed officials target a 2 percent annual inflation rate — now the common goalpost for inflation considered to be just right...
Inflation, in its simplest form, is the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising, and, subsequently, how purchasing power is falling. Imagine this: last year, your $5 could get you a fancy cup of coffee. This year, it barely covers a regular one. Th...
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*Interestingly, I think part of the reason we’re starting to see inflation now, when we hadn’t the last million times the government printed money, is not just the amount that was printed, but also what was done with it. I wrote before about how the printed money never really got lo...
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India's economy is growing, but jobs and inflation could chip away at the BJP's vote. There is also concern about the erosion of democracy and the rights of the Muslim minority. It is very, very hard to see Mr Modi losing his firm grip on power. ...
"People are still living with high prices, and that is something that people don't like," he said. "Real wages are now positive, so that wages are now moving up more than inflation as inflation comes down, and so that might help improve the mood of people."...
Fernando Tennenbaum:Let’s take our debt portfolio. Now is the moment that interest rates are going up. Inflation and borrowing are going up. Overall, this tends to be bad news—but for us, it’s quite the opposite because we don’t have any debt maturing in the next three years. We...
According to Richard McWhorter, certified financial planner and managing partner with SRM Private Wealth in Beverly Hills, California, extending the tax cuts may have negative consequences, such as continued inflation “The hope is as we cut taxes it will spur growth and everyon...