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Re:More money than anyone imagined: an explanation for why t... by UncleOxidant on Friday July 26, 2019 @01:42PM (#20536616)
Mostly agree with your thesis that inflation isn't extremely low, but wouldn't boomers selling off assets (housing, stocks) actually be deflationary not inflationary? They'd be selling the house to pay for longterm care which means they're going into cash.
Re:More money than anyone imagined: an explanation for why t... by thorwasdfasdf on Friday July 26, 2019 @01:50PM (#20536718)
Asset prices of equities aren't figured into the inflation calculations. So, when equities get sold off, all that money comes flooding into the money supply.