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> There's been significant expansion of the money supply, which got the US through COVID at a one-off cost of about 10% inflation in one year […] Not just the
by throw0101d 6mo ago
> There's been significant expansion of the money supply, which got the US through COVID at a one-off cost of about 10% inflation in one year […]
Not just the US: a lot of countries implemented stimulus packages to get their economy going post-COVID.
The inflation of these programs was unexpected/predicted:
* https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economic-issues-watch/inflation-fears-and-biden-stimulus-look-korean-war-not-vietnam https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economic-issues-watch/in...
I think it's also worth noting that a lot of people have 'forgotten' other factors happening besides stimulus and monetary (central bank) policy—especially when it comes to energy and food prices:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai...