• novibe@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    As I said, the initial inflation was caused by supply chains shock. Many countries had lockdowns. Like China, who produces the majority of everything anyone purchases around the world. Then when the lockdowns ended there was a shortage of shipping containers.

    Inflation is caused when money is printed and sits in financialized investment. If it’s used to increase productivity it causes the opposite.

    China has been running massive deficits (printing money like crazy) for over a decade and they have very consistent and low inflation.