many aspects of business and financial planning are adversely impacted by excessive inflation. Sure, you can theoretically bake inflation hedges into any finan

many aspects of business and financial planning are adversely impacted by excessive inflation. Sure, you can theoretically bake inflation hedges into any financial instrument, but a very small percentage of business and financial planning is done that way -- and the hedges also impose a cost. Inflation is effectively a tax on savings. There is absolutely no upside, it is considered a tolerable side-effect of the Fed's employment mandate.