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Your response is just absurd, and completely misguided. The Fed is already targeting a 2% inflation. Virtually every competent finance manager knows inflation w
by espy11 15y ago
Your response is just absurd, and completely misguided. The Fed is already targeting a 2% inflation. Virtually every competent finance manager knows inflation will be around those percentage points. Inflation is not the issue. Interest rates are at historic lows, and Google is simply using arbitrage by offering investors higher interest bonds while competing against essentially free no-interest Treasuries from the Fed.
- T_S_ 15y agoHis argument might be wrong, but is not absurd. The Fed can't guarantee inflation, and some very well known managers have lightened up on Treasuries. Also I'm not sure what "arb" Google is getting here, beyond an attractive spread to Treasuries for their debt offering.
- loc779 15y agoNot exactly true on inflation. If inflation gets above 2.5% for example, they'll raise interest rates. They're explicitly targeting 2%. Bernanke has stated this repeatedly. You're underestimating the power of the Fed and its control of the money supply to curb inflation.
- T_S_ 15y agoThe fact is that control systems break down sometimes. The Fed doesn't even use very good inflation indicators. (E.g. housing component of CPI). It seems pointless to limit the support of the distribution the way you suggest in order to make argue the absurdity of the parent post.
- loc779 15y agoYou use any index to measure inflation. What index do you prefer, and how would you measure inflation? The fact is inflation will not go into hypergrowth mode (or even above a few percentage points of what the index gives you), which I assume the poster above is assuming. The hysteria over massive inflation is extremely overblown, and profiting on high inflation is not the best strategy when you're investing billions.
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