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- From: gpalo@digi.lonestar.org (Gerry Palo)
- Newsgroups: misc.invest
- Subject: Re: Inflation Coming? (Gold?)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.184529.21255@digi.lonestar.org>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 18:45:29 GMT
- References: <of0gYle00VpE4QvIkc@andrew.cmu.edu> <24560004@hpgnd153.grenoble.hp.com> <1992Nov16.000222.4186@adobe.com>
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- In article <1992Nov16.000222.4186@adobe.com> kendall@adobe.com (Janice Kendall) writes:
- >For what it's worth, here is Bob Brinker's view on the possibility of
- >inflation under Clinton (paraphrased):
- >
- > There are two ways that Clinton can cause inflation:
- >
- > 1) Monetary policy via the Federal Reserve Board. Greenspan
- > has made it clear that he will not pursue inflationary policy
- > and Greenspan will be chairman until 1996.
- >
- > 2) Spending. There isn't any money to spend. Clinton talks
- > about spending 30-50 billion on infrastructure projects, but
- > Brinker sees this as pocket change in an economy of our size.
- >
- >So, Brinker does not see inflation on the horizon.
- >
- > Janice Kendall kendall@adobe.com ...!{decwrl|sun}!adobe!kendall
- >
- > Don't Panic! Clinton will be our *42*nd President.
-
- What about an actual devaluation of the currency, by various
- subterfuges? This was a principle advocated by Keynes to
- increase government revenues without increasing taxes.
- The discount rate could continue to drop until finally it
- started to effect long term rates, leading to a big credit
- based inflation which, once it got started could run away
- with itself. I think. May be wrong. All I know is that
- a few years ago we had what looked like endlessly runaway
- inflation, and nobody believed it would ever reverse itself
- or that interest rates would fall. Now we have something
- like the reverse, plus a government desparately in need
- (or want) of money. Is "what comes down must go up" not a
- basic principle of economics?
-
- Just asking. Not panicking yet.
-