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One of the jobs of the Federal Reserve is to keep inflation from going too high and to prevent the economy from going into a deflationary spiral.

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The Stock Market loses over 1,000 points in a week. What does that mean to you? A lot — if you have a 401(k) or pension plan.

What’s a dollar worth these days? What most people think is that a dollar no longer buys what it used to. But is that accurate?

People use “the value of the dollar” as a justification of higher prices. “A dollar just doesn’t buy what it used to,” they opine. But is that really true?

The bottom line is, not what the dollar is worth, but how valuable is what the dollar will buy, worth to you?

On the surface it would appear that everything costs more and we’re all making less. And in some cases there’s a valid argument for that. But not all.

Will “the worst of times” make us stronger in the long run? Or will “the best of times,” on the distant horizon, completely change the way business is done?

The government feels that people with disabilities will be shut out of the workforce unless they can work for less than minimum wage.