Inflation is not always the main problem, or indeed a problem at all. Sometimes, though rarely, deflation is a more serious threat, and we need to shelve many of the orthodoxies we have held so dear.
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Deflation isn't good, and inflation is easier to cure than deflation.
The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower.
In the simplest terms, inflation occurs when there's too much money in the system. On the flip side, deflation occurs when there are too few dollars in circulation.
The government will always tell you that it wants low inflation. The real issue is the horizon over which to bring inflation down.
We have to keep our eye on inflation, but so far inflation remains reasonably in check on the global stage.
Deflation can be particularly dangerous when a financial system is shaky, with household and corporate balance sheets in poor shape and banks undercapitalized and heavily burdened with bad loans.
I continue to think many of the factors holding down inflation are transitory... We want to be careful not to jump to a premature conclusion about what's in store for the U.S. economy.
Avoiding inflation is not an absolute imperative but rather is one of a number of conflicting goals that we must pursue and that we may often have to compromise.
Production is the only answer to inflation.
I continue to believe that the American people have a love-hate relationship with inflation. They hate inflation but love everything that causes it.
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