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Inflation can exist without the printing of money so I'm not sure it qualifies as the root. Supply and demand seems more likely to be the root, which can be aff
by Sparkle-san 4y ago
Inflation can exist without the printing of money so I'm not sure it qualifies as the root. Supply and demand seems more likely to be the root, which can be affected by the printing of money and by other things such as supply chain constraints.
- JackFr 4y agoToo much money chasing too few goods. The Fed can only control the too much money side of the equation. In the case of inflation do to a supply side shock to an inelastic good, that is necessities with few or no substitutes, there is nothing the Fed can do.