All posts tagged "inflation"
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Why high gas prices are a signal of (more) inflation to come
Where I grew up in northern Minnesota, it’s easy to see the impact...
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Yes, the products you’re buying are getting smaller—even though prices are not
The rise in consumer prices has rightly received a great deal of attention,...
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Mainers faced among the highest gas prices in the nation over Memorial Day weekend
According to The Hill, Maine’s average price of gas per gallon was 10th...
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Government greed caused inflation, for the record
Government policies fail and create problems in the real world every day. But...
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Why energy prices are projected to increase 50% in 2022—after doubling last year
Sometimes I have to remind myself how good we Americans have it because—let’s...
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Opinion: Runaway spending defies Maine values
Tax Day is a fitting day to revisit where our tax-and-spend ways have...
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COVID stimulus checks worsened inflation
Inflation has surged across much of the developed world in the past year...
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‘Inflation tax’ will cost families this many thousands this year, Bloomberg analysis warns
Another day, another alarming inflation metric. We just got the numbers for the...
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The Biden administration is ignoring how its policies will worsen inflation. Again.
Despite inflation running at a 40-year high, the Biden administration is pushing ahead...
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Biden’s dishonest attempt to pin inflation on Putin
Ten months ago, Jeremy Siegel issued a dire warning about the trajectory of...
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America’s huge pile of national debt makes combating inflation more difficult
The optimistic scenario goes like this. America shakes off what remains of the...
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With the new year comes another increase to Maine’s minimum wage
On January 1, Maine’s minimum wage increased to $12.75 per hour. The increase...
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Inflation will cost the average household an astounding amount in 2021, Ivy League analysis finds
The most widely-used metrics of consumer price inflation are hitting their highest levels...
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They said inflation would be ‘transitory.’ The data say something different.
President Joe Biden once bizarrely remarked on the 2020 campaign trail, “Milton Friedman...
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Who’s really to blame for inflation?
Last month, inflation in the US reached 6.2%, the highest year-over-year increase in...
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Reisman: Back to the ’70s
Last week’s economic reports revealed that President Biden has apparently found a DeLorean...
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Unnecessary government spending helps fuel inflation
The government has spent its way into an inflationary mess, which we’ve already...
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No, higher wages aren’t a ‘silver lining’ of inflation
A recent CNBC article highlights a common economic fallacy surrounding the concept of...
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New data offer more proof price inflation is on the rise
Proponents of big government spending have desperately argued that mounting price inflation is...
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Bill to end at-will employment dies between chambers
To force these new labor restrictions upon employers now would be a grave...
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Why inflation is at a 12-year high
Yesterday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released numbers indicating that the average...
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3 glaring problems with Joe Biden’s new multi-trillion COVID package
On Thursday night, Joe Biden rolled out a sweeping proposal for $1.9 trillion...
