by kjmclark » Wed 16 Jul 2008, 07:45:51
Nice catch!
WTF? Why didn't the media report that? I guess it was overshadowed by all the other bad news for business as usual. I wonder how much of that index is petroleum products?
We're definitely in serious stagflation. The question is still out there as to whether the "stag" or the "flation" will be worse this time. The fed looks more and more impotent every day, even though they're really doing a decent job given the situation Greenspan handed them.