All posts tagged with Inflation
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-(Natural News) As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic spread throughout America during the first half of 2020, worried citizens flocked to stores to stock up on essential supplies. Shoppers bought items like canned soup, cleaning supplies and toilet paper in bulk, emptying grocery shelves due to worries that they might not have enough to last until […]
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-(Natural News) Ever since pretty much all of America shut down back in late February and early March due to fears about the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs and food prices for everyone have continued to soar. Rivaling what transpired during the infamous Great Depression, everyday Americans are […]
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-(Natural News) You may have noticed that food prices have started to go up very aggressively. I repeatedly warned my readers that this is precisely what would happen, and more price increases are on the way. Fear of COVID-19 has sparked a tremendous amount of extra demand as Americans have feverishly stocked up their pantries, […]
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-(Natural News) Ever since Venezuela’s current socialist leader, President Nicolas Maduro, was first elected in April 2013, the country has been going through an economic crisis. And now, according to the International Crisis Group, a think tank doing research on global crises, the country is also on the verge of famine. Venezuelan agricultural sector is shrinking […]
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-(Natural News) The disruptions caused by the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have caused U.S. food prices to skyrocket to its largest monthly increase in 46 years. At the same time, analysts caution that prices will remain high for the time being. Meat prices, in particular, could remain high as slaughterhouses and meat processing plants struggle to maintain production while simultaneously implementing procedures meant […]
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-(Natural News) Amid a continuing rise in coronavirus cases, as well as burgeoning hyperinflation, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced the return of strict price controls on basic goods in the South American country. Maduro made the announcement, which will affect over two dozen basic commodities, during a special broadcast aired by the country’s state-run television station. […]
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-(Natural News) As more workers test positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) in meat plants across America, production has been slow even as some facilities reopen; this has resulted in a shortage that has some grocers rationing supplies. The shortage has also caused prices for beef and pork to jump by more than 20 percent, even after President […]
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-(Natural News) Something happened today that will never happen again in your lifetime. Crude oil just plunged from over $20 / barrel down to -$37 / barrel in a matter of a couple of hours. This means oil companies must now pay others to haul away their oil. The economic ramifications of this truly cannot […]
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-(Natural News) According to the 2019 annual report published by the Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees, the Social Security fund will go in the red in 2020 and could potentially go bankrupt by 2035. If nothing is done to boost revenue or re-configure how the money will be distributed, then countless retirees, disabled […]
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-(Natural News) The first time I couldn’t buy food at the grocery store, I was 15 years old. It was 2014 in Caracas, Venezuela, and I had spent more than an hour in line waiting. When I got to the register, I noticed I had forgotten my ID that day. Without the ID, the government rationing system […]
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