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Re:How Depressions Work by johnrob on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @03:11PM (#466406)
It's all relative. Expanding the money supply has an inflationary effect, even if the absolute effect is simply to slow deflation (which is still relative inflation).
Re:How Depressions Work by cchooper on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @03:21PM (#466431)
Changes in the money supply do not appear to be correlated with short term inflation at all, so it's not certain that short term expansion will produce any effect.
Re:How Depressions Work by hardik on Thursday February 05, 2009 @05:36AM (#467531)
But short term expansion will surely not be enough to quell the crisis. Also, the point that other commentators have made on falling value of the currency stands valid. At the moment, America is facing twin problems of slowing economy and mounting debt; whose classical "cure" point to different directions.