Tuesday, September 18, 2012

In America the Consumer Price Index Grossly understates the Rate of cost of living increases for the typical household

Marc Faber : ...what we have had is a lot of people have lost their jobs but have found jobs that pay less say they're suddenly involved in hospitality industry or in healthcare or in jobs that are just below paying jobs such as in restaurants or fast food and so forth and so on so that does not give you a clear picture if you just look at employment one would have to look at real wages , when you look at real wages or real house holds income one would have to determine who is calculating what is real because as you know in America the consumer price index in my view grossly understates the rate of cost of living increases for the typical household .....- in Capital Account RT America
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Dr Marc Faber was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He went to school in Geneva and Zurich and finished high school with the Matura. He studied Economics at the University of Zurich and, at the age of 24, obtained a PhD in Economics magna cum laude. Between 1970 and 1978, Dr Faber worked for White Weld & Company Limited in New York, Zurich and Hong Kong. Since 1973, he has lived in Hong Kong. From 1978 to February 1990, he was the Managing Director of Drexel Burnham Lambert (HK) Ltd. In June 1990, he set up his own business, which acts as an investment advisor and fund manager.