While farm output prices have risen, farm input prices have risen even more. The Consumer Price Index in the US is rising at an 8.5% rate. But the ‘agflation’ rate — fuel, fertiliser, and animal feed — is going up at almost 30% per year.
By Bill Bonner,
Last week, we got news that the US economy is now in reverse. It’s no longer growing; it’s shrinking, backing up. Less income, fewer sales, fewer profits, smaller salaries — the whole shebang.
By Bill Bonner,
There are always market leaders. Some companies stand out. Either because they have snazzy new technologies or better business models. And they seem unstoppable…indestructible.
By Bill Bonner,
Inflation has arrived. And the beginning of a recession. And as we saw earlier in the week, the techy high-flyers that did ride so high…doth dismount
By Bill Bonner,
Add money to an economy and you give it a temporary, and illusory, boost. Take it away, and what happens?
By Bill Bonner,
We’re on our way back to Ireland…for our grandson’s first birthday. It was probably a good time to leave.
By Bill Bonner,
In the space of 18 months, the Fed increased its balance sheet by US$4 trillion. And the federal government handed out trillions. Businesses, meanwhile, were closed.
By Bill Bonner,
It’s ‘inflate or die’ time. Either the Fed continues to let the cheap money pervert the economy…or its monstrosity must die.
By Bill Bonner,
The Biden Administration proposed a ‘windfall profits tax’. The idea is that if something happens that allows businesses to make exceptional profits, the extra money should be taken away from them.
By Bill Bonner,
Dear Reader, One of the nice things about two countries going to war…when you’re not one of them…is that you get to watch. And learn. But you can’t trust the mainstream media to report the facts honestly. The US press has taken sides. So its ‘news’ is more like propaganda than real intelligence. For example, […]
By Bill Bonner,
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