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Why Inflation is Eroding Your Savings

By Mark Lister · 12 years ago

The basic principle behind inflation is that as the money supply increases, so too does the relative price of goods and services. A common sentiment for children to hold is "why can't we all be ...

All That Glitters is Gold – Physical Assets and Inflation

By Mark Lister · 12 years ago

Once upon a time the amount of currency any particular nation could produce was directly tied to its reserves of gold and other precious metals. This restricted any further production of paper money until there ...

2011: An Economic Highlight Reel

By Mark Lister · 12 years ago

There are no slow years when it comes to the world economy. When dealing with such a fluid, dynamic phenomenon there are always bound to be talking points over the course of a year. True ...

2012: An Economic Outlook

By Mark Lister · 12 years ago

No economist claims to being right all the time, but if you can be on the money over half of the time then you are doing remarkably well. Bearing in mind that predicting global economic ...