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> I have this belief that one of the reasons why inflation has been under control despite the QE experiments undertaken by the Federal Reserve, ECB, etc. is bec
by UncleOxidant 1y ago
> I have this belief that one of the reasons why inflation has been under control despite the QE experiments undertaken by the Federal Reserve, ECB, etc. is because of the impact of 600M Chinese workers
Definitely. The other way to look at it is that we were exporting our inflation to places like China. But that's (for various reasons political and otherwise) starting to change which means we can expect to have higher inflation than we had for the 30 years or so between 1990 and 2020.
- pkaye 1y agoAnother reason is the Chinese population is becoming older and starting to decrease. Their median age crossed the US a few years ago. The one child policy allowed for lot more workers (fewer parents) in the past but its going to hurt them going forward.