Inflation is Everywhere, But Should We Be Surprised?

Today’s headlines remind us all that prices are going up, up, up! This analysis shows us how our present inflation looks historically and how management, and all of us, should be planning for the future.

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Overview

Inflation. You can’t turn on the TV without hearing about it. You can’t go to the grocery store without seeing it. You can’t have a conversation with family, friends, or colleagues without the subject coming up. Today, there seems to be no bigger story or pressing concern — well, except for that pesky COVID virus that just won’t seem to go away — than inflation. Seemingly everywhere we turn today, from buying food for our families…

from looking at cars (both new and used)…