CNN Is Wrong. Deflation Is a Good Thing

Tags: Booms and Busts, The Fed, Inflation, U.S. Economy

04/09/2024 Soham Patil

A recent CNN broadcast claimed that deflation was bad for the economy and that we need to adjust to higher prices. As usual, the journalistic “experts” got it backward.

Original Article: CNN Is Wrong. Deflation Is a Good Thing

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