Annual inflation has remained low. In december economists expected prices to rise, however inflation remained constant and below the Federal Reserve's annual target of 2%. Gas prices in December increased. They had never increased so much not even the last time in June when they rose of a 3.6%.
The article talks about the movement called "Shut Down Wall Street on the Waterfront". This is an attempt to disrupt trade at San Diego, Portland, Los Angeles, Tacoma, Oakland, and Seattle. For example, on Monday the shipping port in Portlands was blocked.
A few weeks ago the Nicholls Worth ran this article about Jindal's plan to change the structure of taxation in Louisiana, moving away from income taxes and toward sales taxes. More recently, more details of the governor's tax proposals have been released, as we see in this article from the Baton Rouge Advocate.I believe it is very interesting.
This article is about food prices raising as weather conditions are worst.
Stable weather = cheap food
Radical weather = expensive food (or no food at all)
As it in the future will always be worst, producing food will be more expensive and buying it too. Tha article was published in May 2013 so the datas are quite recent and it is scaring that prices are currently rising at a rate of 3% per year.