Gold •136 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •15 mins | 945.10 | +1.10 | +0.12% | |
WTI Crude •1 day | 67.02 | -1.68 | -2.45% | |
Gasoline •1 day | 1.949 | -0.032 | -1.63% | |
Ethanol •136 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •136 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 136 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 136 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 1 day | 71.04 | -1.52 | -2.09% | ||
Natural Gas • 1 day | 2.823 | +0.038 | +1.36% | ||
Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.171 | -0.041 | -1.87% |
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Below is a summary of my post-CPI tweets. You can (and should!) follow me @inflation_guy or sign up for email updates to my occasional articles…
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Below is a summary of my post-CPI tweets. You can (and should!) follow me @inflation_guy or sign up for email updates to my occasional articles…
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Below is a summary of my post-CPI tweets. You can (and should!) follow me @inflation_guy or sign up for email updates to my occasional articles…
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Below is a summary of my post-CPI tweets. You can (and should!) follow me @inflation_guy or sign up for email updates to my occasional articles…
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