I am also disappointed with the further expansions of private school vouchers and special needs vouchers which continue to take us down the path of funding dual education systems when we have not been able to maintain even
inflationary increases for our constitutionally mandated public school system.
The increases are in sharp contrast to the cuts in his previous budgets, which will not be restored with what is essentially
an inflationary increase for schools.
Not exact matches
Although the added demand
for goods and services is
inflationary since it will cause a rise in overall prices, the
increased demand will also reduce the unemployment rate, as seen in the classic Phillips curve relationship.
This 22 - year
increase represents approximately 0.2 per cent on that number and when one accounts
for inflationary dynamics, this represents a serious decline in real dollars.»
For one thing, further stimulus will continue to
increase the amount of money in the economy, which is not causing inflation at the moment but could become
inflationary when the economy does accelerate.
Of course we all know (except
for Janet Yellen) that nominal wages may rise equal to the inflation rate plus productivity
increase with no
inflationary effect.
Frank sees the recent tax cuts, employer wage
increases and recently imposed trade tariffs as
inflationary measures, which historically have been good
for gold.
The changes to the forecasts
for inflation over the years to June 2000 and June 2001 (excluding the effect of the GST) appear to reflect current and prospective developments in oil and tobacco prices as well as a modest
increase in the assessment of underlying
inflationary pressures.
Couple this economic softness with the fact that just about any commodity you can think of from iron ore, to orange juice, to silver, to coffee, to copper is at or near a five year low and it becomes increasingly difficult to find any significant
inflationary pressure and hence the imminent need
for a (small) rate
increase.
There will also be intense pressure
for higher taxes,
increased borrowing, and
inflationary money creation.
When more money is printed, gold has traditionally been a beneficiary,
for two key reasons: 1) If the money - printing is accompanied by economic growth, greater access to capital might boost demand
for luxury items, including gold (the Love Trade); and 2) If the money - printing isn't accompanied by economic growth,
inflationary pressures might prompt investors to
increase their exposure to real assets, such as gold (the Fear Trade).
If the money supply is
increased without sufficient goods, labor, and services available
for purchase, this
increase will be
inflationary.
Lobbyist Jon Retzlaff of the Federation of American Societies
for Experimental Biology calls the proposed
increase a «nice start» but notes that it falls far short of what's needed to make up
for «4 years of less - than -
inflationary funding.»
Since CPP is also adjusted to account
for increases in CPI inflation, deferring also results in an additional 2 % or so per year
for inflationary adjustments.
The reasons
for those higher rates involve everything from extraordinary fiscal stimulus via trillion dollar deficit spending, significant changes to the tax structure, an
increase in Treasury bond supply, central bank quantitative tightening (QT), a decrease in Treasury bond demand from other countries as well as
inflationary pressures.
All in all, considering the diamond / gemstone price
increases, gold up 170 % in the past 5 years, and a possible (very)
inflationary (and / or alternative asset friendly) environment to come, the pecking order and price outlook
for tanzanite appears neutral (at worst) to decidedly bullish.
While the
increase is expected to be slow to moderate, this
increase — due to
increased capital cost requirements
for lenders and the possibility of
inflationary economic policy under President Donald Trump — will also reduce the number of home buyers in the Canadian marketplace.
Stakeholder response to this consultation confirmed support
for the commitment of the provincial government to establish a standardized approach
for determining minimum wage that is tied to an
inflationary measure and ensures that future adjustments keep pace with
increases in the cost of living in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Where, perhaps, government in the past has been too blinkered, has been by trying simply to squeeze more from the system
for the same cost (or less, when factoring in the lack of
inflationary increases) rather than addressing whether services are procured in the right way and properly understanding the drivers
for rising costs (the latter when their own research has shown that government is itself a driver through legislation, the growing number of offences and the associated demand
for legal aid).
Rates have been stable
for many years now and hopefully this proposed
increase reflects
inflationary increases in claims payouts and not
increasing claim trends and poor loss experience.