Posts Tagged ‘commodity price inflation’

Thanksgiving Meal Costs Fall This Year

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Nov 25th, 2009 • Category: Educational, The Lighter Side

Five gold rings may cost you a pretty penny this holiday season, but at least the cost of your Thanksgiving meal has dropped this year. Menu items for a classic Thanksgiving dinner including turkey, stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie and all the basic trimmings dropped 4 percent in price this year, according to the American Farm [...]



Inflation Ups and Downs

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • May 27th, 2009 • Category: Educational

There has been talk inflation could heat up in the U.S. in the wake of various economic stimulus measures. At least we aren’t in Zimbabwe, where inflation ran at 11.2 million percent in 2008! Highest and lowest rates by country as reported in the Central Intelligence Agency’s “World Fact Book.” Lowest Inflation Rates Highest Inflation [...]



Economic Bailout Fallout: Hyperinflation?

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Dec 10th, 2008 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

Economic Bailout Fallout: Hyperinflation? By Matt Roma “The main cause of hyperinflation is a massive and rapid increase in the amount of money, which is not supported by growth in the output of goods and services. This results in an imbalance between the supply and demand for the money…” –Wikipedia We have to step back [...]