Consumer price inflation at 2.9% | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Swenja Ziegler (zieswenja1gmail.com) | |
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 07:52:26 -0700 (PDT) |
Brian - not quite sure where you got the 8% inflation figure from - official numbers are 2.9 % for the year ending in July 2018. https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/core-inflation-highest-in-decade-consumer-prices-rose-0-2-in-july/100016131/ Swenja On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 3:17 AM <cohousing-l-request [at] cohousing.org> wrote: > Send Cohousing-L mailing list submissions to > cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.cohousing.org/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > cohousing-l-request [at] cohousing.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > cohousing-l-owner [at] cohousing.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Cohousing-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: investing reserve funds (Brian Bartholomew) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 05:01:33 +0000 (UTC) > From: Brian Bartholomew <bartholomew.brian [at] yahoo.com> > To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> > Subject: Re: [C-L]_ investing reserve funds > Message-ID: <767083831.8846532.1534395693439 [at] mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > Keep in mind, that if your money isn't earning interest somewhere, > > you are actually losing money every year. > > I hear consumer price inflation is running 8%/year. Does a roof wear > out faster or slower than 8%/year? Maybe you would be happier with a > new roof now, than with a new roof in 15 years after 2/3 of the > purchasing power of your reserve fund has been taken by inflation. > Likewise for commercial kitchen appliances, heating and air, plumbing, > paving, well drilling, solar power, or other durable goods which might > wear out and lose value more slowly than the dollar. > > Brian > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://l.cohousing.org/info > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 175, Issue 17 > ******************************************** >
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Consumer price inflation at 2.9% Swenja Ziegler, August 16 2018
- Re: Consumer price inflation at 2.9% Philip Dowds, August 17 2018
- Re: Consumer price inflation at 2.9% Sharon Villines, August 17 2018
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