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Descent of the Global Monetary System

Tom Spencer

This is a problem because it forces households and businesses to divert energy away from productive activity and towards managing and avoiding the cost of inflation. Countries may experience hyperinflation, which means rapidly rising consumer prices. While focusing intently on consumer prices, central banks tend to ignore rising asset prices.

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Persistent Overoptimism Three Ways: Truckers, Fed Economists, Manufacturers

MishTalk

Third-quarter Gross Domestic Product grew at a 1.5 My personal belief is the trucking industry needs to realize production of goods will have ups and downs,” Satish Jindel, principal of SJ Consulting , which closely tracks industry pricing, told Logistics Management. in October from 50.2 in September. 7/2015 -14.92 8/2015 -14.67

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Bulls and Bears Debate China: Property Bubble Expands Again; GDP Growth Picks Up; Economic Recovery Underway? No Says Michael Pettis

MishTalk

This means that the foreign currency reserves are simply the asset side of a balance sheet against which there are liabilities. The industry may be valued at 36 trillion yuan, or 69 percent of gross domestic product, JPMorgan estimated in May. billion yuan in August, a record in data going back to 2002, after 192.7