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Re:The horrifying AAA debt-issuance chart by djcapelis on Friday July 15, 2011 @05:39PM (#2769239)
Yes, but which agency determines the rate of inflation? :)
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Re:The horrifying AAA debt-issuance chart by mdda on Friday July 15, 2011 @08:40PM (#2769721)
At the end of the day, politicians could mandate that the government statisticians lie about the inflation rate (make it artificially low to lower CPI-index bonds payout rate).

But the currency markets would not be so easily fooled.

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