Is There Such a Thing as Good Inflation?

07/12/2021 Joseph T. Salerno

Unlike the ongoing price inflation that is typically caused by central-bank expansion of the money supply, the price inflation generated by diminished supplies of goods is a one-shot affair.

Original Article: “Is There Such a Thing as Good Inflation?“

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