Earthbag homes are exactly what they sound like -- bags filled with earthen materials stacked to make a house. They often look like big beehives when they're completed, but it's possible for them to take other forms as well.
The new name for this is âquantitative tightening,â or QT.â Rickardsâ, a long standing expert in central bank policy, believes that quantitative tightening will be a major factor in monetary policy over the weeks and months going forward.
In the United States, the inflation rate is measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) which tracks the change in price of a basket of over 200 goods and services, and records this number each month.