Inflation

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Frank Shostak

Central banks have decided that one of their main missions is to prevent deflation. But this only ends up causing the malinvestments that lead to economic busts.

Frank Shostak

After 2018, the US economy was already headed toward a recession. But bailouts and lockdowns have made things even worse.

Karl-Friedrich Israel

Prices of consumer goods have grown rather slowly in spite of sizable money supply growth. Why is there a gap?

Arkadiusz Sieroń

In this crisis the money supply has already increased far more than during the last crisis. But it's hard to say when this will produce inflation because we're still in the midst of a demand shock and a collapse in oil prices.

Thorsten Polleit

More money creation doesn't necessarily mean higher consumer prices. But, if production is falling while consumers use their stimulus checks to buy food and clothing, we could see noticeable price inflation.