Most people who follow the financial markets are aware that events in Asia and Europe can have an impact on the US market. How many times have you awoken to CNBC or Bloomberg reporting that European markets are down 2%, that futures are pointing to a weaker open, and that markets are trading below fair […]
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is produced monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is used to calculate headline inflation. The CPI calculates the cost of purchasing a fixed basket of commodities in order to determine how much inflation is happening in the economy as a whole. The CPI starts with a base year
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A sizable proportion of today’s Americans may recall the Great Inflation of the 1970s. Prices for ordinary commodities rose at a rapid rate, reaching a high of 15% in early 1980. When the inflation rate nearly doubled from March to May this year and continued to rise in June, it seemed legitimate to wonder if
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In its lifetime, a product will only be counted once in GDP. As a result, current transactions involving assets and property produced in prior eras are excluded from the current GDP calculation. For example, if a laptop manufactured in 2000 is resold in 2006, the resale value of the laptop will not be included in
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the high rate of inflation in February was driven by large increases in food, gasoline, and lodging, putting additional strain on regular Americans’ wallets. Energy costs increased yet again in February, up 3.5 percent from January, bringing the 12-month gain to a staggering 26 percent. Gasoline prices
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The GDP growth rate is a measurement of how quickly the economy is expanding. The rate compares the country’s economic output in the most recent quarter to the prior quarter. GDP is a measure of economic output. What is a good rate of GDP growth? Economists frequently agree that the ideal rate of GDP growth
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Inflation is defined as an increase in the price of goods and services that results in a decrease in the buying power of money. Depending on the conditions, inflation might benefit both borrowers and lenders. Prices can be directly affected by the money supply; prices may rise as the money supply rises, assuming no change
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While a full-fledged Chinese financial crisis and recession cannot be ruled out, a rocky start to 2022with additional restructuring of offshore property debtis more plausible, followed by recovering growth later in the year in the run-up to the party congress. The greater danger may come in the years ahead. Housing appears unlikely to return as
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In the first two quarters of 2020, the US economy was in recession for the first time. In the second quarter of this year, it increased by 6.7 percent over the previous quarter. However, according to a recent article by two well-known economists, GDP estimates might fall into negative territory for the rest of the
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I Bonds are financial instruments that have very specific regulations, attributes, and predicted yields and returns. Understanding these should assist investors in making better investing decisions, so I though a quick, more mathematical explanation might be helpful. Current inflation rates, which are equivalent to 7.12 percent, forecast inflation rates, and the length of the holding
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