Ali Mecklai

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The Fundamentals Point to Inflation That’s Much More than “Transitory”

12/29/2021 Ali Mecklai

The Fed may slow or eliminate new bond purchases but is not planning to sell. Meanwhile, producer prices have skyrocketed and Americans are consuming more but producing less. Get ready for entrenched price inflation.

The Fundamentals Point to Inflation That’s Much More than “Transitory”

12/15/2021 Mises Wire Ali Mecklai

Paul Krugman is at it again, this time with a series of a series of tweets that repeatedly miss the reality of price inflation and its causes. Let’s take a closer look: We truly live in an era of...

The True Costs of Zombie Companies and Easy Money

08/31/2020 Mises Wire Ali Mecklai

Recent data published by Yardeni Research Inc., Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the Institute of International Finance (IIF), and in the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Data (FRED...

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