How Real Is Post-Pandemic Inflation Risk?
By Alex Kluesner
Governments around the world have made unprecedented efforts to support the global economy in response to COVID-19 by increasing spending and getting cash into the hands of both consumers and companies. Steps taken thus far may well have been necessary to help fight the pandemic’s economic fallout – but at what cost? Pundits are starting to point their collective finger at a dramatic increase in inflation, which is the idea that currency depreciates – buys less – as time goes on. (more…)
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