Comments on: Hyperinflation Nation http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/hyperinflation-nation/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Simon http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/hyperinflation-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-188206 Simon Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:20:16 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=30360#comment-188206 I'm not that smart but I don't mind calling for lots of inflation. Hey maybe it'll come true now... I’m not that smart but I don’t mind calling for lots of inflation. Hey maybe it’ll come true now…

]]> By: Theodore D. http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/hyperinflation-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-188174 Theodore D. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:46:20 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=30360#comment-188174 inflation will only happen through monetary policy, while deflation is currently happening in the real economy. Predicting inflation is like saying when will helicopter ben up the ante in buying t-bills. Deflation is watching the jobs shrink and wages shrink along with them. How can less job and lower wages lead to inflation? It can't. Just wait - when inflation starts, which it might, we will know it. China will scream even louder than they are now. It isn't happening yet. BTW - if the inflation rate is 2% annually does anyone realize how long it will take to double? We as a country don't understand the nature of compounding. inflation will only happen through monetary policy, while deflation is currently happening in the real economy. Predicting inflation is like saying when will helicopter ben up the ante in buying t-bills. Deflation is watching the jobs shrink and wages shrink along with them. How can less job and lower wages lead to inflation? It can’t. Just wait – when inflation starts, which it might, we will know it. China will scream even louder than they are now. It isn’t happening yet.

BTW – if the inflation rate is 2% annually does anyone realize how long it will take to double? We as a country don’t understand the nature of compounding.

]]> By: Expected Returns http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/hyperinflation-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-187858 Expected Returns Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:30:32 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=30360#comment-187858 ben22, Those "smart people" made an easy call about our collapsing economy for years, and that didn't necessarily make them wrong. I don't see why stating the obvious makes it unlikely that it will happen. ben22,

Those “smart people” made an easy call about our collapsing economy for years, and that didn’t necessarily make them wrong. I don’t see why stating the obvious makes it unlikely that it will happen.

]]> By: ben22 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/hyperinflation-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-187843 ben22 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:54:52 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=30360#comment-187843 These are some very smart people making what is the easiest call in the world: inflation/hyperinflation. And if for no other reason than that it will most likely confuse us all and be wrong. These are some very smart people making what is the easiest call in the world: inflation/hyperinflation. And if for no other reason than that it will most likely confuse us all and be wrong.

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