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Monetary Politics w/ Tim Barker

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What Is Inflation?

Tim Barker: Inflation is a sustained rise in the price level. He says people tend to reify it and act like there's something out there beyond the price index, which is reality. The best way to think about what inflation is is just a change in this price index, he says.

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