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Thinking Ahead about Inflation?

Posted by ICMC Staff on 4 December 2009 | 0 Comments

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THINKING AHEAD ABOUT INFLATION?

HERE ARE A FEW WAYS TO PROTECT YOURSELF


While the struggling economy has put a vice on inflation, many experts don’t expect things to stay that way for much longer. Why? Many economic experts fear the current level of federal spending will inevitably lead to printing more money, and that’s regarded as an inflationary solution.  The solution is to "reflate" occurred in the last seventies-early eighties during the Carter administration (recall the economic mailaise speech?). Printing money resulted in money market fund yields above 10%, mortgages above 10%, and business loans with similar double digit rates. Now is the The time to plan for inflation. 

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