True. Are you saying it won't work a second time then? All I'm saying is that isn't been done once before, in recent memory, and they may very well do it again.
Their choice is death by inflation or death by deflation. Deflation means the rich see their portfolios lose value, it means the US (and other governments) is more likely to default on it’s debt, and the failure of pension plans/social security etc. inflation would mean the rich see their asset values skyrocket, sovereign debts would be more manageable, and the social security checks would still be sent out (even if they have zero purchasing power). I think governments would much prefer death by inflation.
Raising rates won't stop inflation. The money has been printed and has yet to complete its journey down the tectonic layers of the economy. The only thing that might slow rise of inflation is shrinking money velocity. Old prices are never coming back. A collapsing economy means shrinking wages.
They did it in 1981. It worked to curb inflation. They would do it again.
Debt levels were much different. The financialization of economy wasn’t a thing either.
True. Are you saying it won't work a second time then? All I'm saying is that isn't been done once before, in recent memory, and they may very well do it again.
Their choice is death by inflation or death by deflation. Deflation means the rich see their portfolios lose value, it means the US (and other governments) is more likely to default on it’s debt, and the failure of pension plans/social security etc. inflation would mean the rich see their asset values skyrocket, sovereign debts would be more manageable, and the social security checks would still be sent out (even if they have zero purchasing power). I think governments would much prefer death by inflation.
^ This.
The fed is caught in a trap of their own making.
They will have to reverse course by the end of the year.
fuck the fed. blow em up
Raising rates won't stop inflation. The money has been printed and has yet to complete its journey down the tectonic layers of the economy. The only thing that might slow rise of inflation is shrinking money velocity. Old prices are never coming back. A collapsing economy means shrinking wages.