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I Say Deflation; You Say Inflation

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Winnie-the-Pooh There is disagreement among economic observers regarding whether the economy is more likely to experience troubling inflation or deflation in the next couple of years. Some who expect increased inflation reference current fiscal and monetary policies that, alone, are…

Un-Taxing Times, Approximately

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www.DieBrokeBlog.com The federal estate tax, also dubbed the “death tax” by some, will be repealed for 2010, at least as of this writing.  This means that wealth transferred upon death, regardless of amount, will incur zero federal taxes.  Or, expressed…

A Houdini Rally

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A hat tip to the Immobilienblasen blog for the cartoon and observations: “So this remains the Houdini rally — no jobs; no pricing power; no broad participation; and no volume.”