The numbers on Wall Street and on the lips of the Treasury Department stir a note of panic on the ear of the average consumer: the U.S. Dollar has lost nearly 23 percent of its value against the global money market since February 2002. In every sector of the market, prices are rising, from oil (nearly $100/barrel) to foreign fruit. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulsen, and much of the domestic money industry, cringe at the thought of the looming inflation as… more
