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Is the inflation problem mostly behind us?
American Thinker ^ | 12/13/2023 | Jack Hellner

Posted on 12/13/2023 8:46:19 PM PST by SeekAndFind

For months, the Biden administration, along with the mostly-compliant media, have been saying that inflation is now under control; they’ve been bragging that wages are now outpacing inflation, and they don’t understand why ordinary people aren’t praising Biden’s economic policies.

If wages are outpacing inflation, then why don’t people have money left over after paying their bills? From CNBC just a few weeks ago:

As of October, 60% of adults said they are living paycheck to paycheck, according to a new LendingClub report. The figure is unchanged from last year.

And why are certain debts, especially those for credit cards, breaking debt records? From Investopedia last week:

If wages are outpacing inflation, why is the savings rate so low? Also from CNBC:

The personal savings rate — how much people save as a percentage of their disposable income — was 3.9% in August, well below a decadeslong average of roughly 8.9%, according to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Why are delinquencies on auto loans surging?

The recent surge in delinquency rates on auto loans in the United States has raised concerns about the financial challenges faced by car owners.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bidenflation; bidenomics; inflation
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To: Mount Athos
What advice do you have for the future for people with money to invest (or at least protect)

I'm not an investment advisor, so don't really offer any.

I can say that most of our assets are on the sidelines in short-term US treasuries right now (4 week, and one tranche in 13-week).

I don't currently trust real-estate, the equities market (even though it reached a new high today), or commodities like oil, gold, or silver.

The reason is that I believe we're heading into a long-term global recession where existing debt will bury people and the old adage of "cash is trash" will now be "cash is king".

21 posted on 12/13/2023 11:27:38 PM PST by politicket
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To: politicket

bttt


22 posted on 12/13/2023 11:36:51 PM PST by linMcHlp
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To: algore
in an inflationary environment it does not pay to save fiat, but most people do not realize that until to late

The issue is not 'fiat' - the issue is debt-based money.

'Fiat' currency has been used successfully for hundreds of years in many major economies. Take the tally sticks of England as but one example - before the Bank of England was established in the 1690's and brought in debt-based money.

The American colonists used colonial script with no issue - until England began harassing them to use the new debt-based issuance.

Our solution is to turn away from debt-based money and have the US Treasury issue our money supply as payment of work completed - not as the opposite side of the balance sheet backed by US debt issuance.

The last person to attempt that was JFK in his 1963 Executive Order regarding the US Treasury issuing Silver Certificates. He signed it in June. The banksters had him assassinated not long after.

The new Argentinian president has vowed to get rid of their central bank. That's the equivalent of signing one's own death warrant if he attempts to follow through.

Why? Because debt-based money is really just a claim on the promise of future labor. The holders of those claims are the masters. Those in debt simply slaves.

What does sinful man crave? The control over the labor and future actions of the rest of mankind - Power.

Billionaires don't care about how high their stack of money is - they care about power. Pure raw power. They will destroy those who get in the way of that.

23 posted on 12/13/2023 11:37:51 PM PST by politicket
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To: SeekAndFind

Inflation? Yes. Still here, still thriving. All utilities for me has gone up. Insurance for home, car and medical have gone up. Takeaways from SS have gone up. FOOD has gone up. Gas went back up after the state moratorium on gas taxes expired.

I have yet to see anything that I pay for actually go down. Figures lie and liars figure. Were Donald Trump in office, media and government goons would be singing a completely different set of lies.


24 posted on 12/13/2023 11:43:13 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: DesertRhino

In 1968 as an E-1 my pay was about $102/month
In 1976 as an E-5 my pay was about $600/month. It’s why I left service and went to college.


25 posted on 12/13/2023 11:49:06 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: SeekAndFind
Is the inflation problem mostly behind us?

Not by a long shot.

OPEC is going to cut production in 2024, which will raise oil, fuel, and transportation costs embedded within all goods.

There is also Demand-pull inflation which causes upward pressure on prices due to shortages in supply, a condition that economists describe as “too many dollars chasing too few goods.”

Right now we have a fractured supply chain, which is better than the shortages during the heart of Covid, but we still have shortages and disruptions in the supply chain.

At this moment we also have a Baby Boomer population bubble. And while some don't feel rich, Baby Boomers has a significant amount of money invested in stocks, bonds, mutual funds and pension right. They will be selling their stock, bonds, etc. to fund their lifestyle and medical expenses. That means that their dollars will be chasing scarce goods (the definition of inflation).

And the final inflation factor is government policy. Regulations that raise costs or increase taxes are inflationary. It just doesn't look like the government portion of raising the costs of goods is going to slow down.

26 posted on 12/14/2023 1:37:20 AM PST by Robert357
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To: SeekAndFind

The past few months have seen a shrinking of the money supply. This will reduce inflation but will also cause a recession. Reagan turned down the money supply spigot but he also trimmed regulations and cut taxes which minimized the pain. With over a trillion dollars spent just to pay interest on the debt recovery is a long way away.


27 posted on 12/14/2023 1:43:37 AM PST by Nateman (If the Pedo Profit Mad Moe (pig pee upon him!) was not the Antichrist then he comes in second.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Certainly inflation is NOT behind us in this world, prices are skyrocketing !!!

if the article author lives on Uranus, I can’t say


28 posted on 12/14/2023 3:00:28 AM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s only an observation.

Last night we went to White Castle. They have those value meals. One is 2 fish sandwiches and small fries with drink for $8. TWO tiny fish sandwiches is an appetizer for me.

Their basic value meal for two is 10 burgers, 2 small fries and 2 drinks is now at $18 dollars.

It’s difficult to remember but I’m thinking under Trump the 10 burger meal was about $10 dollars. These are rural Midwest prices so about as cheap as they get.

I don’t see inflation slowing at all.


29 posted on 12/14/2023 3:32:12 AM PST by Phoenix8
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To: Gene Eric

We hit a plateau and everyone is celebrating. How about looking over the edge.....


30 posted on 12/14/2023 3:50:40 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: SeekAndFind

The inflation problems to date are behind us obviously but the inflation problems ahead of us start today.


31 posted on 12/14/2023 4:20:08 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: SeekAndFind

If inflation fell to 0%, it would still take a long time to catch up to the monetary value we lost.

I blame dim-0s trying to appease the 15 dollar an hour burger flipping skulls full of mush.


32 posted on 12/14/2023 4:48:07 AM PST by weezel
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To: SeekAndFind

Trillions of dollars of funny money printed every year have to show up somewhere


33 posted on 12/14/2023 6:22:33 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: politicket

I too have mostly been buying short term(17 week or less) TBills for the last 2 years.

However, I was thinking about putting some money here just recently:

https://www.salliemae.com/banking/certificates-of-deposit/?dtd_cell=RDPCC1DCZPAFBRRTOTHOTHRN010000


34 posted on 12/14/2023 6:38:46 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: politicket

I do not know much about this bank, but they are FDIC insured and offering a 5.65% CD:

https://alto.bmo.com/en-us/high-yield-cd/?ecid=af-US77245SVG4-AJUM62&SRC=LS&utm_Medium=Affiliate_BR


35 posted on 12/14/2023 6:45:22 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: SeekAndFind

Is the inflation problem mostly behind us?

NOPE as long as no oil drilling allowed inflation has a strong foot hold everything is tied to oil one way or another.

Biden open the flood gates for inflation now asks stores to lower their profit margin to make him look good for the election s**t for brains never weakens.


36 posted on 12/14/2023 8:41:03 AM PST by Vaduz (....)
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