Toby Walters is a financial writer, investor, and lifelong learner. He has a passion for analyzing economic and financial data and sharing it with others. The real value of an item is its nominal ...

Like monetary inflation, "skills inflation" will make the value of certain skills erode over time. Business leaders everywhere have a watchful eye on spiraling inflation, which is affecting everything ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. If ever there were an economic example of the dog that caught ...