Originally Posted by
Brock Landers
I think short term there is much greater threat of deflation. The government has to monetize all this debt, and with banks not lending and unemployment so high, it seems like sort of a short term curb on inflation. Capital and labor markets are preventing the boom from coming down right now (WSJ has had a few articles lately about wages sticking...this isnt condusive to inflation). Unemployment will continue to rise...
Longer term there are very real inflationary pressures as actual growth in the developed markets is limited and due to money being printed at such high rates (longer term, the stimulus/fiscal activity will be monetized) but potential growth is retracting even more quickly. When actual growth is greater than potential, theres inflation. Whether on the way up (bull market) or now.