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Inflation: Who Matters? — Peter Radford

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Apparently Wall Street bonuses have risen 1,217% since 1985. Quite what the significance of 1985 is I cannot tell, but the number itself seems to have the right feel. Having seen a few of those years first hand I can attest to the pace of increase from an anecdotal perspective.More importantly, if we applied the same rate of increase to the minimum wage over a similar period it would stand at per hour and not the current rather pathetic .25.…For conventional economists, the only actual inflation that needs to be considered is wage inflation (Phillips curve). The Radford Free PressInflation: Who Matters?Peter Radford

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Apparently Wall Street bonuses have risen 1,217% since 1985. Quite what the significance of 1985 is I cannot tell, but the number itself seems to have the right feel. Having seen a few of those years first hand I can attest to the pace of increase from an anecdotal perspective.

More importantly, if we applied the same rate of increase to the minimum wage over a similar period it would stand at $44 per hour and not the current rather pathetic $7.25.…

For conventional economists, the only actual inflation that needs to be considered is wage inflation (Phillips curve).

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Inflation: Who Matters?
Peter Radford

Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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