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Re:Central bankers rethink their devotion to slaying inflation by white_devil on Sunday December 23, 2012 @06:31PM (#4961136)
> it is no good for the supply of money to stay fixed while the amount of goods and services expands.

Yeah, you sure wouldn't want the purchasing power of your money to increase, would you now?

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Re:Central bankers rethink their devotion to slaying inflation by rayiner on Sunday December 23, 2012 @08:25PM (#4961415)
Great if you're a retiree, not so great if you're a young person just starting out having to deal with continually falling salaries and the old people owning everything worth owning in the society.
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Re:Central bankers rethink their devotion to slaying inflation by uvdiv on Sunday December 23, 2012 @06:37PM (#4961153)
The purchasing power of my debts? No, not really.
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Re:Central bankers rethink their devotion to slaying inflation by white_devil on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @02:06AM (#4968484)
It's not like you can count on inflation to eat away your debts when considering whether to take them on in the first place.
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