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How Fiscal Deficits Cause Inflation

Monetary Policy and InflationBy Stuart AllsoppOctober 1, 2018Leave a comment

Intro: Loose fiscal policy tends to be a major cause of inflation as it increases government spending without increasing real output or reducing the spending of the private sector. Even if governments issue bonds rather than printing money directly to pay for the deficits, the inflationary impact remains largely the same.   When the government spends…

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