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Labor’s Fall — Not Oil’s Rise — Is Key to Inflation

by on Mar.01, 2011, under Towing

Wisconsin labor protest

Despite all the worry over the impact of rising oil prices, recall that the U.S. is now a largely services-based economy. And observe that the rising wages that have led to real overall cost rises in decades past are nowhere to be found today. Exhibit A is in Wisconsin.

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Labor’s Fall — Not Oil’s Rise — Is Key to Inflation originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:00:00.

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Oil and Food Prices Keep Rising, but It’s Not Time for the Fed To Act

by on Feb.28, 2011, under Towing

Oil and Food Prices Keep Rising: Should the Fed Raise Interest Rates

Unrest across the Middle East is pushing high oil prices higher, and that’s having a cascade effect that feels a lot like inflation as these higher prices bubble through the economy. Still, that’s not enough reason for the Fed to battle inflation by starting to raise rates.

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Oil and Food Prices Keep Rising, but It’s Not Time for the Fed To Act originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:00:00.

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Inside Wall Street: An Agribusiness Stock With Robust Growth Prospects

by on Feb.28, 2011, under Towing

Gene Marcial's Inside Wall Street

Once unknown to most U.S. investors, Syngenta has blossomed as one of the world’s leading agribusiness companies, with a hefty 19% global share in the multibillion-dollar crop-protection market and 11% in seed production. Its stock is near a record high.

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Inside Wall Street: An Agribusiness Stock With Robust Growth Prospects originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:30:00.

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Retail’s 2011 Outlook: Rising Prices in a Down Economy

by on Feb.26, 2011, under Towing

Retail's 2011 Outlook: Rising Prices in a Down Economy

Retailers forecast that 2011 will be a year spent dealing with inflation, expanding stores and trying to wean shoppers off their markdown habit. Faced with rising costs that are pushing their prices higher, merchants say they have to focus on growing sales, regardless of the economic pressures.

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Retail’s 2011 Outlook: Rising Prices in a Down Economy originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 26 Feb 2011 10:00:00.

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