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Inflation, Money Supply and Spiraling Expectations
Wall Street Journal
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Wed, Nov 3, 2021
by
Paul Sheard, Harvard Kennedy School
Body
John Greenwood and Steve Hanke’s contention that excessive monetary growth is the cause of recent high inflation doesn’t hold water (“The Monetary Bathtub Is Overflowing,” op-ed, Oct. 22). Behind the 35.7% increase in M2 money supply that they cite—and attribute mainly to the Federal Reserve—lies $5.5 trillion of net spending power injected by the federal government. This was to offset the biggest short-term hit to aggregate demand in U.S. history.
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Inflation, Money Supply and Spiraling Expectations
Wall Street Journal | Wed, Nov 3, 2021
by Paul Sheard, Harvard Kennedy School
Body
John Greenwood and Steve Hanke’s contention that excessive monetary growth is the cause of recent high inflation doesn’t hold water (“The Monetary Bathtub Is Overflowing,” op-ed, Oct. 22). Behind the 35.7% increase in M2 money supply that they cite—and attribute mainly to the Federal Reserve—lies $5.5 trillion of net spending power injected by the federal government. This was to offset the biggest short-term hit to aggregate demand in U.S. history.
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Wall Street Journal
, click here.