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Webinar: The Times Are A-Changing
Join us for our first webinar of the year, as we discuss the outlook for inflation and monetary tightening in the year to come.
The worst of “inflation” is behind us
We are optimistic about price stability. Here's why...
What is inflation?
The CPI rises every time there is inflation and falls when there is deflation, but every change in the CPI is not due to inflation or deflation.
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Makes me queasy to see the #bankofengland hiking rates when economy is contracting & forecast to grow slow, real credit falling, claimant unemploymt high & inflation below target soon. Replay of how Fed worsened the Depression? Ask for HFE Notes today at https://tinyurl.com/2p94pmem
Amidst record U.S. profits & demand surge, Europe will report GDP decline tomorrow & still locked down. India--world's third biggest economy--faces human tragedy & economic crash. Japan's econ is stalled, Covid up. Is it time to rope U.S. optimism? Can US And China pull ROW up?
Will a post-pandemic rebound, super-charged by massive monetary and fiscal stimulus, inevitably lead to runaway inflation? @cbweinberg and @RubeelaFarooqi will have the answers in our webinar today! https://www.hifreqecon.com/february2021/
Fed Chair Powell is likely to add his support to calls for more fiscal aid, rather than less, but he is unlikely to comment on the size. To avoid a further scarring, the US economy needs a bridge between March and whenever the virus can be contained.
With the Euro Zone economy heading into a double dip, the ECB is out of options: https://www.hifreqecon.com/ecb-out-of-options/