All Posts Tagged With: "stagflation"
Worrisome Stagflation Becomes More Real All the Time
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke didn’t use the “S” word - stagflation - but he might as well have.
On Friday, the U.S. central bank chief said that the financial crisis that has hammered the U.S. market is combining with…
25Aug2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedFed Holds Rates Steady in Face of Upside Inflation Risk
Citing the risk of high inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve voted to hold the Federal Funds rate steady at 2.0% yesterday (Wednesday).
“Although downside risks to growth remain, they appear to have diminished somewhat, and the upside risks to inflation…
26Jun2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedHow to Survive Stagflation – With a Profit in Your Pocket
Increasingly in recent weeks commentators have begun speculating about the dreaded “S-word”- stagflation- and whether or not such a protracted period featuring both high prices and high unemployment would blight the U.S. economy.
The stagflation debate arose anew on Friday…
10Jun2008 | Money Morning | 1 comment | ContinuedSpecial Report: Six Ways to Profit From the One-Two Punch of Soaring Oil Prices and Zooming Inflation
Oil prices have resumed their northward climb. And inflation has returned to the American lexicon for the first time in decades.
For U.S. consumers, there’s no way to dodge the financial fallout of that economic one-two punch.
But for U.S investors willing…
9Jun2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedConsumer Sentiment at Lowest Level Since Stagflation Era
Mirroring the stagflation of the early 1980s, consumer sentiment hit its lowest level since that time period this month as short-term inflation continues to ramp up.
The Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of consumer sentiment dropped to 59.5 in May from 62.6…
19May2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued
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