CPI data released this morning revealed that the year-over-year inflation rate has hit 7%. This is the highest rate experienced in 40 years (since 1982) in the USA and there is no sign that we will be inflecting downward any time soon. Inflation is a tax on the...

According to CPI data released today, inflation has hit a 30 year high at 6.2% year over year. This has officially killed the narrative that "inflation is transitory" and will magically disappear according to the Federal Reserve. But what is inflation and why is it...