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Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Is the future inflation or deflation?

A good question but I have always been of the mind that inflation is the enemy and not deflation. The more the Bank of England and ministers told me otherwise, the more I knew I was right.

This piece at Anna Raccoon seems to be in agreement with me, here's the conclusion:

'The ECB balance sheet is nowhere near sufficient for the task and so the choice is either:
  • to let country after country default and smash all their national banks (surely a non-starter),
  • let the Euro dissolve and go back to national currencies (the right move, but devastating for the EU project as a whole, so I can’t see it on a large scale) or,
  • get the ECB to print.
And thus I think inflation, rampant and long-term as the UK engages in de facto devaluation as we also print to avoid having Sterling “over-valued”'
Say goodbye to your savings...

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