Interest Rates and Inflation Rates.Higher oil food prices directly affect the inflation rate. Furthermore, if prices of other types of goods rise because of higher transportation costs, this also tends to raise inflation rates. In the 2004 -2006 period, when oil prices rose, the Federal Reserve...
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A Risk of Exchange Loss The exchange risk of the Treasury gold notes, of course, is the same as that associated with our foreign currency Treasury note series. The U.S. Treasury has, over the years, sold significant quantities of both German mark – and Swiss franc denominated issues, and...