Photo: Cars line up for gas at a gas station in Martinez, Calif., on Sept. 21, 1973 Stagflation. It was the dreaded “S word” of the 1970s. For Americans of a certain age, it conjures memories of painfully long lines at gas stations, shuttered factories and President Gerald Ford’s much-ridiculed “Whip Inflation Now” buttons. Stagflation
“… the wholesale price index—precursor of what’s coming on the consumer front—had gone up a staggering 2.3 percent last month. That brought the wholesale price increase over the last year to 22.6 percent, the highest rate in a quarter-century and nearly double the climb in family living costs.” Sounds like a news story snatched from today’s
Poll conducted on which month of the year is the gloomiest. 36 year data identifies the rainiest and coldest day of that month. Interactive map showing the most miserable day in each state. After an incredibly challenging 2020, many of us will be looking at 2021 with a sense of cautious optimism, hoping we will finally