Rising Prices Archives

Rand Paul Rips Federal Reserve, Says Shrinking Dollar Hurts Poor

Rand Paul criticized Bernie Sanders for his “free college” plan Wednesday, pointing out that the money had to come from somewhere and predicting it would be from either taxpayers or…

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The GOP’s Best Shot in 2016? It Could Be This…

FiveThirtyEight has put together a fantastic summary of how each issue should impact the 2016 campaign. Check it out here. On economics, Ben Casselman writes: Americans remain uneasy about the economy,…

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Don’t Look Now, But Monetary Policy Just Became a Top Issue in the GOP Primary

It’s greatly encouraging to see the GOP candidates focus more on one of the largest economic problems facing the United States: the Federal Reserve and monetary policy. On Tuesday night, we…

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Incomes Decline Again, But Will GOP Candidates Speak Out?

Last week, new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau showed inflation-adjusted median income slipping to $53,657 in 2014, a drop from the previous year and a 6.5 percent drop…

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Hillary Abandons Income Inequality

Had you tuned in to Hillary Clinton’s hour-long speech on economics yesterday in order to learn the specifics of how she intends to achieve “strong growth, fair growth and long-term growth,”…

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It’s the Prices, Stupid!

In May, U.S. producers reported their largest price increases in over two years, marking an end for the brief reprieve consumers have enjoyed since late last year. Food and gas…

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Steve Wynn: “Real inflation is much higher than they say it is”

The front page of the Drudge Report today links to an article reporting on an interview businessman Steve Wynn, founder and CEO of Wynn Resorts, gave to a local PBS…

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Price of Beef Doubles

The price of hamburger increased to a new record, $4.23 a pound, jumping 22 percent in the last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Official inflation remains low. …

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Monetary Policy Shrinking Middle Class

At a CPAC panel on Thursday, APP’s executive director Terry Schilling told GOP candidates to look to monetary policy to explain the average family’s shrinking paycheck: “The demand for digital…

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Santorum Says Stagnant Wages the Problem

Breaking from libertarian orthodoxy, Sen. Rick Santorum endorsed a modest raise to $8.75 in the minimum wage over three years to show voters Republicans care about stagnant wages. “I’m not…

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Earth to GOP: Talk About Rising Costs

When it comes to economics, Republicans love talking about jobs, jobs, jobs. They cite real unemployment numbers that are far worse than what the public is told. They cite record numbers…

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