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- Goods Deflation Is Back. It Could Speed Inflation's Return to 2% https://www.wsj.com/economy/goods-deflation-is-back-it-could-speed-inflations-return-to-2-c782d434 8 comments
- The Inflation Reduction Act Is Building a Clean Energy Economy and Good-Paying Jobs https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-inflation-reduction-act-is-building-a-clean-energy-economy-and-good-paying-jobs/ 11 comments renewableenergy
- The Inflation Reduction Act Will Deliver Nine Million Good-Paying Jobs, Nearly All in Energy and Manufacturing https://liberalwisconsin.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-inflation-reduction-act-will.html 6 comments economy
- Fed’s James Bullard pushes for faster rate hikes, sees ‘good shot’ at beating inflation https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/22/feds-james-bullard-pushes-for-faster-rate-hikes-sees-good-shot-at-beating-inflation.html 40 comments wallstreetbets
- This is such a good article from 2019 that brings up some of the worries about what the Fed reserve had been doing the previous 11 years. Doubled our currency from 829M to 1.7B in 11 years and people argue over who’s fault inflation is? The Fed are the real villains. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2019/05/17/the-feds-bigger-balance-sheet-in-an-era-of-ample-reserves/amp/ 17 comments economics
- The support for clean energy in the Inflation Reduction Act seems to provide an opportunity to reopen the recently shuttered Palisades nuclear power plant. More clean energy is always better than less, so good news. https://eu.hollandsentinel.com/story/business/energy-resource/2022/09/09/plan-to-reopen-palisades-plant-announced-just-months-after-closure/68188201007/ 3 comments environment
- People complain about #bitcoin's supposed carbon footprint, but not about the fact that in a good year, a full 2% of all economic output is just to stay ahead of inflation. This year, more like 20 or 30%. The fiat system is a humanitarian and ecological disaster. https://twitter.com/bitstein/status/1508633240856268808 8 comments bitcoin
- "Turkish Central Bank Intervenes as Lira Drops Past 14 per Dollar" Inflation and the influence of banks is a good reason why Crypto could become the savior of many people suffering because of their governments. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/turkish-lira-extends-selloff-past-064752079.html 13 comments cryptocurrency
- Rolling back U.S.-China tariffs would ease inflation in the U.S., former Treasury secretary says. But there’s currently “no political space” to do so, he said. Worries over inflation have shot up this year, as energy prices spiked and the ongoing supply chain crisis led to shortages of goods. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/30/removing-us-china-trade-tariffs-would-ease-inflation-jacob-lew.html 9 comments business
- CNN: “inflation can actually be good for everyday Americans” - Yeah right. https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/01/economy/inflation-good-bad-winners-losers/index.html 74 comments cryptocurrency
- "CNN: Why inflation can actually be good for everyday Americans and bad for rich people" - One of the most idiotic articles I've ever read. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/01/economy/inflation-good-bad-winners-losers/index.html 82 comments cryptocurrency
- JPMorgan Is Stockpiling Cash - CEO Claims There’s a ‘Very Good Chance Inflation Will Be More Than Transitory’ https://news.bitcoin.com/jpmorgan-is-stockpiling-cash-ceo-claims-theres-a-very-good-chance-inflation-will-be-more-than-transitory/ 10 comments economy
- JPMorgan Is Stockpiling Cash - CEO Claims There’s a ‘Very Good Chance Inflation Will Be More Than Transitory’ https://news.bitcoin.com/jpmorgan-is-stockpiling-cash-ceo-claims-theres-a-very-good-chance-inflation-will-be-more-than-transitory/ 16 comments cryptocurrency
- David Morris: Druckenmiller's Inflation Warning Good for Crypto https://www.coindesk.com/druckenmillers-inflation-warning-crypto 4 comments cryptocurrency
- 2% Inflation Is a Myth- 2021 Statistics Show Prices of Goods and Services Have Surged https://news.bitcoin.com/2-inflation-myth-2021-statistics-prices-goods-services-surged/ 34 comments cryptocurrency
- Survey Shows 77% of Americans Are Concerned About Rising Inflation, Prices for Goods Are Soaring https://news.bitcoin.com/survey-shows-77-of-americans-are-concerned-about-rising-inflation-prices-for-goods-are-soaring/ 4 comments economy
- Creator who sold NFT house for $500,000: We’ll be ‘living in an augmented reality lifestyle' soon. Could these new digital products act as an inflation reducing mechanism because there could soon be many more goods to buy? https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/17/creator-of-first-nft-digital-house-krista-kim-on-augmented-reality-.html 8 comments economy
- Coronavirus: Armed robbers arrested after attempt to steal 100,000 face masks in Ukraine - the masks had a street value of up to $1m (£830,000) – itself a mark-up of more than 20 times shop prices. Police say the assailants’ intention was to sell the goods for an even more inflated price. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-ukraine-armed-robbers-arrest-steal-facemasks-a9406796.html 8 comments worldnews
- Is inflation good or bad? https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/6mx8iu/is_inflation_good_or_bad/ 45 comments investing
- Inflation will surge in 2018. That's good for stocks https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/6lkvgt/inflation_will_surge_in_2018_thats_good_for_stocks/ 8 comments wallstreetbets
- Good for Bitcoin's price: PBoC plans to inflate CNY by 12% over the year http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-target-exclusive-idUSKBN16707O 5 comments btc
- FOod inflation to cool in august with prices of crops falling steeply amid good rains [NP] http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/food-inflation-to-cool-in-august-with-prices-of-crops-falling-steeply-amid-good-rains/articleshow/53730238.cms 4 comments india
- Good tips on fighting/unwinding lifestyle inflation for those just now coming to FI/RE http://mreverydaydollar.com/lifestyle-inflation/ 14 comments financialindependence
- Oligarchs and Money - "Modestly higher inflation, say 4 percent, would be good for the vast majority of people, but it would be bad for the superelite" http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/opinion/krugman-oligarchs-and-money.html 79 comments politics
- Don’t know much about economics, can you help me understand or point me to a good article/book that explains Quantitative Easing and its effect on inflation? http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/BASE 12 comments economy
- I think people understand inflation better in terms of "amount of stuff I can afford" instead of what the CPI is, so I made an app that shows how much stuff middle class Americans could afford from 1945 to 2012. You can make your own basket of goods. Comments and critique welcome http://www.inflationtrends.com/#historical_affordability 8 comments economy
- Krugman: Not Enough Inflation | We’d be better off if the Fed paid less attention to inflation and more attention to unemployment. Indeed, a bit more inflation would be a good thing, not a bad thing. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/06/opinion/krugman-not-enough-inflation.html?pagewanted=all 13 comments politics
- Just as U.S. did circa 1976; China raises interest rates to curb inflation. Good luck with that, China. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/12/25/business/global/business-us-china-economy-rates.html?_r=1&hp 13 comments worldnews
- The Good News: There has been essentially no inflation in 2010. The Bad News: No Social Security increase in 2011. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101010/ap_on_bi_ge/us_social_security_no_cola 7 comments politics
- Printing paper money causes inflation, mining gold causes inflation. What if money were backed by goods on the consumer price index? http://thisisby.us/index.php/content/have_your_cake_and_eat_it_too_full_employment_without_inflation 61 comments politics
- A rare bit of good news: Inflation, including core inflation, fell in October. There’s even a growing possibility we can avoid a recession. https://newrepublic.com/article/168739/inflation-dwindling-recession-midterm-elections 163 comments economy
- "Since 1960, the cumulative rate of inflation across all goods in the US has been 888% (meaning $1 in 1960 is $9.88 today). By contrast, baseball tickets, ballgame beer, and hot dogs have gone up more than 1,000%." - The Hustle https://thehustle.co/americas-favorite-family-outings-are-increasingly-out-of-reach/ 32 comments baseball
- CPI is up 7.5%. Assets like stocks and house prices are not included but are up ~15%. Is CPI a good measure of inflation? How should we measure it? https://medium.com/@trevorstark02/youre-being-lied-to-inflation-is-much-higher-than-7-5-11a8b6328652?sk=59b7c77b6172407b1b7539afdfb8fbf9 8 comments bitcoin
- Hedge Fund Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones Admits That Gold Is Losing Against Crypto As An Inflation Hedge. "Clearly, there’s a place for crypto, and it’s winning the race against gold at the moment. I would think that would also be a very good inflation hedge. It would be my preferred one over gold" https://dailyhodl.com/2021/10/24/hedge-fund-billionaire-paul-tudor-jones-says-gold-losing-the-race-against-crypto-as-inflation-hedge/ 13 comments cryptocurrency
- U.S. claims on trade deficit with Canada inflated by misleading numbers - U.S. Trade Representative has been including goods that pass through Canada but don't originate here as Canadian exports in his export calculations, artificially inflating the United States' trade deficit in goods with Canada. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nafta-us-canada-trade-deficit-numbers-1.4524824 44 comments worldnews
- Why has inflation moderated in India? - Contrary to popular perception, it’s not because of good luck or necessarily a large growth sacrifice; policymakers deserve more credit than they get http://www.livemint.com/opinion/qgytkpow2leosvw7jl33bn/why-has-inflation-moderated-in-india.html 4 comments india
- Good rains could boost agriculture, overall-economy: Crisil. Crisil says in the face of a good monsoon, the GDP growth rate could cross 8% and average retail inflation may be under 5% during 2016-17 http://www.livemint.com/politics/gkvarz97sdrv6jdowuxo1k/good-rains-could-boost-agriculture-overalleconomy-crisil.html 3 comments india
- Judging by inflation, it's good to be American: "Inflation in August only increased 1.7% from the same time last year...This slight dip isn't huge cause for concern yet. If anything, it's a reminder of how much better off the U.S. economy is right now than many other places in the world." http://money.cnn.com/2014/09/17/news/economy/inflation-cpi-august-decline-below-2-percent/index.html?iid=h_e_news 11 comments politics
- Policy makers don't want home prices to deteriorate further. Inflate the prices of all other goods and services, the relative prices of homes would be less expensive. http://www.europac.net/voicesframeset.asp?id=18 8 comments politics
- Lower crude oil prices are good news for India, considering we import a huge portion of our oil requirements. It will lower inflation http://www.livemint.com/money/sn1cslkkmfk4dhyn41js4o/the-impact-of-lower-oil-prices.html 3 comments india