inflation

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During any long-term inflation cycle the major beneficiaries of the inflation will be the sectors of the economy where the supply / demand fundamentals are the most bullish, that is, those sectors where there is relative scarcity.

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  1. noun The act of inflating or the state of being inflated.
  2. noun A persistent increase in the level of consumer prices or a persistent decline in the purchasing power of money, caused by an increase in available currency and credit beyond the proportion of available goods and services.

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  • The main driver of higher inflation will be the Fed's inability to withdraw its massive liquidity injections in a timely fashion. —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
  • Long-term inflation is a real problem, and unfortunately, we cannot do much about it except try to live with it. —  PLIGG_Visual_Name - PLIGG_Visual_RSS_All
  • This inflation was the predictable result of the Nixon administration's dumping of money into the economy to stimulate the economy, combined with previous laws (Reg Q comes to mind) that capped interest rates that would've otherwise mopped up that excess money. —  Latest Articles
  • This is going to lead to heavy inflation, which is better than deflation, but then the inflation is going to have to be managed and the Fed will raise rates like they did in the early 80's just to get inflation under control. —  US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha
  • During any long-term inflation cycle the major beneficiaries of the inflation will be the sectors of the economy where the supply / demand fundamentals are the most bullish, that is, those sectors where there is relative scarcity. —  Safehaven
 

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  1. = French inflation = Provencal inflacio, enflazon = Spanish inflacion = Portuguese inflação = Italian enflagione, from Latin inflatio(n-), a blowing into, blowing up, from inflare, blow into: see inflate.
 

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