#DEFLATION

Rochelle Kopp

JapanIntercult

【THREAD】There's been a lot of discussion on here about a thread taking a very rosy view of Abe's legacy. As a counterpoint, here is, with the author's permission, a recent

🟩Preston Pysh🟩

PrestonPysh

I can't take the misuse of this terminology any more.Inflation....Deflation....Here's my point of view.Central banks are aggressively "inflating" the fiat monetary base. Since 2008, the US federal reserve has expanded

M. Bouchon🍁

MmeBouchon

Does our government need to borrow money to give out benefits to our citizens? I don’t believe they do. We can print money. Unlike goods we purchase from foreign

Robert Breedlove

Breedlove22

When fiat currency dies, conditions tend toward deflation first (since money becomes more valuable when uncertainty looms), before becoming increasingly inflationary and, finally, hyperinflationary. #Bitcoin was purpose-built for this.A

Larry Schweikart

LarrySchweikart

1) Fascinating thoughts by "Freeper" semantic on the economy:"I think this whole economic argument is misdirected. Why is Trump so relaxed? Because he has $8T sitting in his back pocket.

Sahil Bloom

SahilBloom

Stagflation 101The term "stagflation" is used frequently in discussions of monetary policy and risks in the post-COVID world.But what is stagflation and how does it work?Here's Stagflation 101! 1/ Before

Frontline Llama

valley_llama

Part 3/3:So the open market sale of government bonds raises yields, hence interest rates, the price of money, and discourages borrowing from commercial banks. Conversely, the purchase of government bonds

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jdh

I continue to think the most important question for individual investors is: what impact will unprecedented policy have on inflation? Conflicting views but I believe hoisington is the most likely.

No One 🇺🇸

tweettruth2me

Dear Coronavirus Alarmist: Here’s a little reminder from history. The Great Depression caused a decade of high unemployment, poverty, low profits, deflation, plunging farm incomes & lost opportunities for economic

Panic away from the disco 🙅‍♂️

Sir_Fahrenheit

When you learned economics from AM radio:https://twitter.com/johncornyn/status/1248226161596956673 The cry against spending is always run away inflation. We’re facing *deflation* during a worldwide health crisis. None of the normal boogie men

Dr. Abdullah Al Bahrani

DrAAlBahrani

Eliminating minimum wage by education level is one of the best things to happen to the Omani labor market. This provides one basic minimum wage of 335 Oman rials per

Philipp Heimberger

heimbergecon

Hyperinflation und Weimarer Republik: Ein Großteil der Deutschen hat verzerrte Bilder der Wirtschaftsgeschichte vor dem inneren Auge, die fest in die kollektive Erinnerung eingeschrieben sind und aktuelle Inflationssorgen befeuern. Mein

Bloomberg Opinion

bopinion

While the world wrestles with a deadly pandemic, another challenge is sneaking up on the human race: population aging.As we transition from an exploding species to a shrinking one, economies

Rota Fortunae

RFortunae

A thread based on separate but related ideas brewing in my head the last few weeks. Mostly about what I see as current false narratives and their impact on outcomes.

🟩Preston Pysh🟩

PrestonPysh

Markets are not functioning as you've seen in prior decades. Globally, fiscal spending and monetary policies are warping free and open markets into Franken-Economies. This means, as things move forward,

Collingwood 🇬🇧

admcollingwood

THREAD 1/18Dear @RishiSunak, @MattHancock & @BorisJohnson, I have figured out how to solve the big problems coming your way in 2021. It might be leftfield, but you'll be so amazed