(Q) The Federal Reserve is now in day 1 of their two day meeting. The statement we get tomorrow, and the minutes we will read next month are likely to be intriguing. Why? The longstanding official myth that inflation is modest, and contained is starting to be recognized for the fraud that it is.
Examples abound: The Times of London: Food-price inflation has already pushed up a typical family’s weekly shopping bill by 15 per cent in a year (Era of cheap food ends as prices surge). Yet here in the US, the BLS has food prices up only 4.5% year over year (that's with the dollar down ~2% vs. the pound)
The price of rice has increased dramatically in recent weeks due to crop failure overseas and resulting hoarding… Rice has doubled in price in six months. (Bay Area Shoppers Asked To Limit Rice Purchases)
During the first week of April…leisure fares from traditional carriers on 280 major routes rose 13 percent from the previous year...We've got an industry that's in trouble," said Vaughn Cordle, chief executive and chief analyst at AirlineForecasts in Washington. "If oil prices stay anywhere near $100, $120 for the year ... we'll have a massive restructuring of the airline industry." (Summer travel headaches loom as airlines' woes deepen).
All these obvious price increases are begining to undermine confidence in the Federal Reserve. Courtesy The Big Picture
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