Some Numbers That No One Can Debate

Posted by Jeff Carter
on October 17th, 2012

Producer Prices(UP), Inflation Rate (Trending UP), Unemployment Rate (Flat), GDP (Trending Down)

That’s four years of Obama‘s policies. Notice the lines after Obamacare and Dodd-Frank were enacted. If this were a heart patient, we’d be looking for some adrenalin and paddles.

Longer term view of Labor participation rate (which explains the fall in the unemployment rate over time)

US Labor Force Participation Rate data by YCharts

And lastly, the stock of M1 Money.

US M1 Money Stock data by YCharts

If we don’t watch it, we are in for a heap of inflation. Only way it doesn’t bite is if we grow.

No chance of that under Obama’s vision.

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