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The Week in Charts

April 15, 2011, 12:41 p.m. EDT

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Oprah is fighting back with six new series

By Steve Goldstein, MarketWatch

Remember the days when China exported deflation? Not any more. As emerging market economies including China grow, demand for food and energy resources is on the way up. Combine it with selected supply issues and a ton of liquidity from the accommodative policies of several central banks, and inflation is on the way up, reaching 5.4% in China, and 2.7% in the U.S. and the 17-nation euro zone in March. The policy response, however, has been split, with the Fed reluctant to tighten with unemployment so high.

See story on U.S. inflation.

See story on Chinese data.

Dogged by criticism that the new television network has failed to live up to expectations, OWN is launching six series as a way to show that it has credibility in the rough and tumble TV industry, writes Jon Friedman.

1:18 p.m. Today1:18 p.m. April 15, 2011

"Gold rallies to record; silver hits 31-year high http://bit.ly/i6SQxK" 1:11 p.m. EDT, April 15, 2011 from MarketWatch

"U.S. stocks up as economic reports offset earnings http://bit.ly/fmwHGH" 12:05 p.m. EDT, April 15, 2011 from MarketWatch

"U.S. consumer prices climb 0.5% in March http://bit.ly/gkOoDD" 11:13 a.m. EDT, April 15, 2011 from MarketWatch

"Treasury prices set for first weekly rise in a month: Market Junkie blog http://on.mktw.net/h2Mfl5" 10:43 a.m. EDT, April 15, 2011 from MarketWatch

"$BAC reported a quarterly profit of $2 billion on Friday http://stk.ly/fhSDlt" 10:43 a.m. EDT, April 15, 2011 from MarketWatch

Howard Gold

No-Nonsense Investing

Global bull market may soon face biggest test

Jon Friedman

Media Web

Is the next Silicon Valley at Annenberg?

Chuck Jaffe

Mutual Funds

New commodities CD is all sizzle, no steak

Robert Powell

On Retirement

2 strategies to boost your retirement plan

Brett Arends

What Wall Street Won't Tell You

Small-cap investors pay too much for risk

Thomas Kostigen

Ethics Monitor

Investing in forests could save the world

Myra Saefong

Commodities Corner

What to do with gold and how to do it

Rex Nutting

Money and Power

Ryan and Obama health plans fail

Mark Hulbert

On the Markets

How to forecast a stock-market top

Kathleen Madigan

The Big Picture

Consumers may be too down on jobs

Jeff Reeves