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inflation

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Tokyo, 2008.05.16

I've been reading bits and pieces here and there about inflation creeping into various national economies. Everyone in official capacity denies it, of course.

But Mari and I are seeing prices of small things begin to rise. In staid Japan, where prices have been flat for a decade or more, is seeing even basic foodstuffs like soy milk start to creep up; the size I buy a few times a week just jumped from ¥84 to ¥95.

rand()m quote

On the endless saga of Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto; "It shouldn't have had to come to this. I'm so tired of getting up every morning and wondering, 'What will it be today?' I'm so tired of giving the benefit of the doubt again and again, only to be let down again and again.... Somewhere a responsible adult has to appear, draw a bright moral line, tell the truth and say unequivocally what won't be tolerated. Somebody has to do the right thing."

—Denzil Minnan-Wong