Prices are going to become worse before they get better. Oil, wheat, and other commodities have all increased in price as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Official indicators of the cost of housing do not yet completely reflect the increase in the cost of newly rented units that occurred last year. As a […]
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When the price of goods and services rises, inflation happens; when the price of goods and services falls, deflation occurs. The delicate balance between these two economic circumstances, which are opposite sides of the same coin, is difficult to maintain, and an economy can quickly shift from one to the other. Which is more dangerous:
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The Inflation Theory proposes that the universe experienced a period of extremely rapid (exponential) expansion in its early beginnings. It was created about 1980 to explain a number of issues with the traditional Big Bang theory, which states that the cosmos expands slowly over time. What does the inflationary hypothesis imply? The Inflation Theory proposes
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The Great Recession lasted from December 2007 to June 2009, making it the longest downturn since World War II. The Great Recession was particularly painful in various ways, despite its short duration. From its peak in 2007Q4 to its bottom in 2009Q2, real gross domestic product (GDP) plummeted 4.3 percent, the greatest drop in the
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Inflation isn’t going away anytime soon. In fact, prices are rising faster than they have been since the early 1980s. According to the most current Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, prices increased 7.9% in February compared to the previous year. Since January 1982, this is the largest annualized increase in CPI inflation. Even when volatile
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Despite the economic slump, the Credit Union Association of New York claims that credit unions are secure and safe, owing to the fact that, unlike banks, they are not-for-profit organizations owned by their members. Is it possible for a credit union to lose money? Credit unions, despite their reputation as a quiet banking backwater, do
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If rising inflation persists, it will almost certainly lead to higher interest rates, therefore investors should think about how to effectively position their portfolios if this happens. Despite enormous budget deficits and cheap interest rates, the economy spent much of the 2010s without high sustained inflation. If you expect inflation to continue, it may be
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Futures are financial derivatives that bind the parties to trade an item at a fixed price and date in the future. Regardless of the prevailing market price at the expiration date, the buyer or seller must purchase or sell the underlying asset at the predetermined price. What does it mean to invest in futures? Futures
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According to Mark Thoma, a retired professor of economics at the University of Oregon, anyone with substantial, fixed-rate loans like mortgages benefits from increased inflation. Those interest rates are fixed for the duration of the loan, so they won’t fluctuate with inflation. Given that homes are regarded an appreciating asset over time, homeownership may also
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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is the source of all Dow-derived future contracts (CME). They are traded on the CME Globex market nearly 24 hours a day, from Sunday afternoon to Friday afternoon, and they expire quarterly (March, June, September, and December). The minimum tick in the E-mini Dow futures (ticker: YM) contract is 1 index
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