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The Complex Relationship Between Inflation and Price Increases

Inflation and price increases are not meant to be the same thing. If you imagine that oil producing nations got invaded or blown up, that would obviously increase the cost of energy. But that is not necessarily inflation that a central bank is supposed to respond to. The Fed along with Treasury did in the wake of COVID, right? They cut rates to zero. They pumped out a ton of fiscal stimulus. And when in reality, that was an event that should have been sort of like a cleansing fire through the force.

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