Inflation
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Best investment strategy for cash during a period of inflation? Certainly if the rates go up then savings accounts (and CDs, bonds, etc) all would be more attractive than the current 0.05% rates out there.
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That's a great clown pic.
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WH Press Secretary has got to be the worst job in the world where you keep your clothes on.
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WH Press Secretary has got to be the worst job in the world where you keep your clothes on.
wrote on 7 Mar 2022, 22:42 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in Inflation:
WH Press Secretary has got to be the worst job in the world where you keep your clothes on.
You know about the "flak jacket," right?
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@taiwan_girl said in Inflation:
I think that the US should get rid of the one dollar bill. I know that they have tried to promote the USD$1 coin, but unless you give more of an incentive, it will not work.
I agree. If the US is going to promote a USD $1 coin, they need to stop printing the USD $1 paper money.
In Europe, I think the smallest bill is about USD $5. In Taiwan, it is about $3 USD.
(One country that keeps really small denomination bills is India. And they keep them for a long long time. The money can be quite tattered and dirty and still in use)
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That's a great clown
pic.I got yer great clown right here:
This is all silly, and a perfect example of a biased news org debating a biased politician. In other words, gas prices are going up because of both factors. But Doocy wants to make it seem like it's Biden-only, and Psaki wants to make it seem like it's Putin-only. These are reasons I don't really watch news or press conferences, it's all spin.
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wrote on 8 Mar 2022, 12:34 last edited by George K 3 Aug 2022, 12:35
@jon-nyc fair enough. A 60¢ rise in the last weeks.
But that's still only ¼ the rise over the last 15 months.
Seems like it was only two weeks ago that she was blaming the Ukraine shit for inflation.
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Ratner’s right, but of course I’d say that because he’s making my point.
But @George-K 15 months is a bit of a cherry pick since gas prices plummeted in Q220 due to covid
Yes, and the rise in printed dollars antedates the Biden administration as well to some extent. I'm sure that didn't help.
But to address your point as to "cherry-picking" the 5 year timeline is somewhat different (and we can ignore that "Putin spike" for the sake of discussion).
The Trump peak is in May 2025 at about $3.00/gallon.
The pre-Putin peak under the Biden administration is about $3.35, 10% higher. Inflation for the year is now 7.5%.
As you know, gas prices are only one factor, and a major one, in the cost of living.
I saw another chart today (correlation is not causation, of course) showing the rise of money available compared with inflation.
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wrote on 11 Mar 2022, 12:55 last edited by LuFins Dad 3 Nov 2022, 12:57
The average gas price before COVID was at $2.54, Jon.
Of course, it was over $3.20 over most of Obama's last 4 years...
