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by Andy OâBrien Sign at the West Front Market in Skowhegan
Andy O’Brien is communications director at Maine AFL-CIO. Ah spring. Lockdown restrictions have been loosened, COVID vaccines are widely available and Mainers are ready to get back to their pre-pandemic lives and enjoy the summer. And if you listen closely you can hear the collective freak-out from the retail, food and hospitality industry as they realize their once-abundant pool of cheap labor has dried up.
All over social media, these employers have been lashing out and blaming their inability to attract workers on pandemic unemployment benefits. Even though the pandemic is still raging (I write this in my second week of quarantine after my family tested positive), business owners argue that the “Now Hiring” signs everywhere are an indication that everyone without a jo
Powell’s messaging has essentially been, “Move along. Nothing to see here.”
Peter Schiff has been saying the central bankers at
In a recent talk, Jim Grant, investment guru and founder of
Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, echoed Peter, saying the Fed can’t control inflation.
During a webcast sponsored by State Street SPDR ETFs, Grant said he thinks
“there’s a gale of inflation of all kinds in progress,” adding that he believes it will take the Fed by surprise and “overwhelm our monetary masters.” Grant said, inflation is “clear and present and will manifest itself in our everyday lives.”