Why Are Our Prices Rising?

Written By: Mark W. Hendrickson  |  Posted: Thursday, May 26th, 2011

                  As Americans increasingly feel the pinch of higher prices for food and fuel, the Federal Reserve's QE2 policy of creating more money has been called into question. Asked if the Fed bore some responsibility for these vexing price increases, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke essentially replied, "It's not our fault." Instead, Bernanke blamed the price increases on "global supply and demand conditions."

Is Chairman Bernanke correct? To use a well-known phrase: Not exactly.

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