Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Inflation warning etched in steel

Rising steel prices -- a symptom of the nation's money printing -- are a harbinger of increases in other industries. Plus: The odd man out in the smart-phone market.
Pretend it's 1933, as so many in the deflation camp think it is or soon will be (at least from the price-of-everything standpoint). If last Wednesday you reached for a copy of that day's Financial Times, would you have expected to see the following headline -- "Steel prices set to soar: Everyday goods will cost more" -- in large print above the fold?
I don't think so.

The newspaper went on to say: "Global steel prices are set to rise by up to a third, pushing up the cost of everyday goods from cars to domestic appliances, after miners and steelmakers yesterday agreed to a ground-breaking change in the iron ore price system." (more)

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