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Capitol Alert: LAO sees problems with Jerry Brown's higher education plan
February 08, 2012

California teachers' retirement fund commits $500 million to infrastructure
February 08, 2012

CalSTRS pension fund investing $500 million in infrastructure through Australian firm
February 07, 2012

Paul Krugman: Even with improving jobless numbers, economy is not OK
February 07, 2012

Big cities cautious about privatizing parking after Chicago's effort
February 05, 2012

Nurses flex their political muscle in Sacramento and across California
February 05, 2012

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Inflation Videos

ANZ Bank's Colhoun Says RBA May Cut Key Rate in March
February 10, 2012 | Bloomberg

Yeung Says Fidelity Fund Managers Favor China Stocks
February 10, 2012 | Bloomberg

Van Batenburg, Blitz, Cohan on Central Bank Policy
February 10, 2012 | Bloomberg

Inflation Wikipedia Information

Inflation is measured as the growth of the money supply in an economy, without a commensurate increase in the supply of goods and services. This results in a rise in the general price level as measured against a standard level of purchasing power. There are a variety of inflation measures in use, related to different price indices, because different prices affect different people...

Sacramento Connect

‘Inflation Tax’ Already Striking CA–Our Inflation is 6% Not 3.4%
January 10, 2012
There are two ways for government to get money. either raise taxes and sell bonds, or create inflation so the [...]

CEPR: CPI Unchanged in November, Inflation Remains Low
December 16, 2011
December 16, 2011 - The Consumer Price Index was unchanged in November and has grown at a 0.8 percent annualized rate over t...

CEPR | Falling Energy Prices Push Overall Inflation Below Zero in June
July 15, 2011
July 15, 2011 - The Consumer Price Index declined 0.2 percent in June—the first fall in the broad measure since a 0.2 perc...

CEPR | CPI Rises 0.2 Percent
June 15, 2011
June 15, 2011 - The Consumer Price Index rose 0.2 percent in May—the slowest rate since November—as energy prices fell for the first time since June. The core...

Report: Women Will Be Hit Hardest by Changes to Social Security Cost-Of-Living Adjustment
June 24, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. June 24, 2011 - Today the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) released a new report that shows how deficit reduction proposals to change the way...

You call it inflation, I call it crap
July 26, 2011
I'm pretty sure this whole inflation thing is a scam. I'm not an economist, nor do I play one on TV, but I really hate it when people use inflation as an excuse...

Other local news reports

Everyday Cheapskate: Tips to outsmarting inflation
January 21, 2012 | AppealDemocrat
If you have not noticed the arrival of inflation (where the cost of goods and services go up while the value of our money goes down), you must be hiding under a rock somewhere...

Mary Hunt: What you can do to outsmart inflation
January 13, 2012 | AppealDemocrat
If you have not noticed the arrival of inflation (where the cost of goods and services go up while the value of our money goes down), you must be hiding under a rock somewhere...

Briefs: PG&E rates rising in new year
December 30, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. rates for electricity and natural gas will rise slightly in 2012, though company officials said the overall price will still be below the rate of inflation ...

PG&E rates going up in 2012
December 30, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. rates for electricity and natural gas will rise slightly in 2012, though company officials said the overall price will still be below the rate of inflation ...

From around the web

WEDNESDAY'S GUESTS AND LAST NIGHT'S GREGALOGUE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE
December 24, 1999 | The Daily Gut
it's scarier than Kathy Griffin's discarded spanx: Dreadful unemployment, a dying housing market, a crappy dollar, rising inflation. it's all bad news. But the problem...

Kathie Obradovich: There's a lot of heavy lifting to be done by the 2012 Legislature
February 12, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Rep. Tom Sands, R-Columbus Junction, chairman of the House tax-writing committee, says local governments would have some ability to raise taxes on noncommercial property, but the House bill puts a limit on growth based on inflation ...

Des Moines school board OKs loan for upgrades
February 09, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
District officials want to borrow the money to move forward with the projects now because of low interest rates, savings from future inflation in construction costs, and a...

George Will: GOP's murky rhetoric on national defense
February 09, 2012 | indystar.com
Obama says that even with his proposed cuts, the defense budget would increase at about the rate of inflation through the next decade. Republicans who think America is being...

Welfare Spending Under Obama- The Dramatic Rise Of Government Dependency
February 08, 2012 | Wake up America
Once the current recession ends, that is, when unemployment reaches 6.5 percent, aggregate welfare funding should be capped at pre-recession (FY 2007) levels plus inflation....

Report says state funding increases, but trails earlier level
February 08, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
adjusting for inflation ... effects of inflation over these years,' -- he added.' -- The fact is that a number of state services and systems received fewer appropriated dollars...

Inflation on twitter

	Chinese Banks trim gains after China inflation douses RRR cut hopes $$ Twitter: @russian_market
	Romanian Inflation Rate Declines to New Low on Food Prices - Bloomberg: The annual rate fell to 2.7 percent from... http://t.co/zLERCv5o Twitter: @newsnumberone
	Romanian Inflation Rate Declines to New Low on Food Prices - Bloomberg: The annual rate fell to 2.7 percent from... http://t.co/8LxEZfY7 Twitter: @romaniaupdate
	RT @allafrica: Mali's women engineers have been making low-carbon cooking kits since 2001 to help families cope with inflation. http://t.co/1oH3ntKg Twitter: @Was_jam1
	Better ingredient= higher cost price. shake head inflation sucks. Twitter: @EuniceCKB
	Inflation to resume downward trend in China http://t.co/lpzvXZGX Twitter: @China_newsnow