>"James K. Galbraith urges the US to revive a policy framework that worked extraordinarily well for most of _...Read More_

"Consumer prices in the United Kingdom have risen at the fastest pace in almost 30 years as higher costs for energy, transportation, food and furniture squeezed household incomes"

>"Editorial: Britain faces years of high energy prices and needs to have a conversation about what policies are needed"

"Political fecklessness in face of rising prices is not unique to the current surge."

>"Michael Spence points to a fundamental shift in growth dynamics that will profoundly affect trade, employment, and inflation."

"...2021 went down as the worst year for inflation since 1981, as broken supply chains collided with high consumer demand for used cars and construction materials alike. Higher prices seeped into just about everything households and _...Read More_

"Jayati Ghosh argues that rich-country governments could do much more to make agricultural commodities less expensive." >"Food-price inflation has more complex causes than other price increases, and addressing it effectively requires a _...Read More_

“The effort to control supply lurking within price stabilization produced the taboo against overtly political control of markets."

"The costs of most of the core raw chemicals that make up just about everything we use are skyrocketing and show no sign of future relief."

>"The Chinese government’s fight to control housing prices and insulate the economy is bound up with some very fundamental human impulses—and decisions made decades ago."

>"There's no denying it: Inflation is here. Consumer prices surged 7% over the past year. Housing prices have continued to soar, too. But the question on the minds of many economists and Wall Street strategists is whether something even _...Read More_

>"The Consumer Price Index increased at the fastest pace in 40 years, a new report showed."

>"WASHINGTON (AP) — At first, it didn’t even register as a threat. Then it seemed like a temporary annoyance. Now, inflation is flashing red for the Federal Reserve's policymakers — and delivering sticker shock to Americans at the used _...Read More_

>"WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation jumped at its fastest pace in nearly 40 years last month, a 7 percent spike from a year earlier that is pushing up household expenses, eating into wage gains and heaping pressure on President Joe Biden and _...Read More_

Very interesting and excellent piece on the price control debate "Most economists would argue that inflation is a monetary phenomenon, so best dealt with via higher interest rates. In the textbooks, the process through which this works to _...Read More_