I’ve been saying for more than a year now that the unintended consequences of QE would be to spike inflation, which in turn would poison the global economy. I knew all along that Ben was never going to create any jobs by printing money and of …
Oil prices may surge to $220 a barrel if political unrest in North Africa halts exports from Libya and Algeria, Nomura Holdings Inc. said.
Crude futures rose to their highest in more than two years in New York today as Libya’s violent uprising thr…
Bigger things to fret about than Bernanke-bred inflation
Inflation isn’t the most critical issue raised by the Fed’s actions over the past two-and-a-half years.
Jon Talton
Special to The Seattle Times
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Higher energy prices sure won’t be a tonic for the “resilient” American consumer, who – if he hasn’t been laid off – is already struggling with stagant wages, worrying about his home being worth less than the mortgage, and attempting to repay some of h…
Larry Kudlow has once again proven his stupidity as his latest, polyannish, little verbal tic of ”drill, drill, drill,” turned against him as energy markets crashed faster than world stock markets. Now sp…