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Inflation is not generally not necessary to encourage capital to be invested. Real returns, discounted for risk, encourage capital to be invested. Monetary sta
by fennecfoxen 4y ago
Inflation is not generally not necessary to encourage capital to be invested. Real returns, discounted for risk, encourage capital to be invested.
Monetary stability makes many forms of investment less risky! Low real interest rates (which often co-occur with inflationary episodes) discourage many forms of savings (which banks could use to invest.) The link between inflation and overall amounts of investment is not abundantly clear in the general case and it is an open problem that remains under study.