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The Fed is guided, err mandated, to focus on stable prices and full employment. Stable inflation of prices is 0%. 2% or 5% is not stable. Having a group of pri
by landemva 5y ago
The Fed is guided, err mandated, to focus on stable prices and full employment. Stable inflation of prices is 0%. 2% or 5% is not stable.
Having a group of private company PhDs (the Fed is not government just a contractor to government) attempt to set the price of money at 2+% seems unlikely and not a free market. Maybe they can also set price of rice and internet service.
- lowkey 5y agoI read that a 'stable' 2% inflation rate will steal 60% of the purchasing power from a wage-earner over a 40 year career.