#inflation

Mere inflation-that is, the mere issuance of more money, with the consequence of higher wages and prices-may look like the creation of more demand. But in terms of the actual production and exchange of real things it is not. ↗

— Henry Hazlitt

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Foreign trade clearly has been a reason why inflation has been low. ↗

— Tim Bishop

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However, this President sees no problem eliminating funding for Perkins Loans in his budget, even though the cost of tuition is rising and will continue to rise as the administration's policies force inflation. ↗

— Tim Bishop

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Inflation outstripped real wages for people who work for pay from others. ↗

— Tim Bishop

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And I am convinced that a single focus on preserving the purchasing power of the dollar, in effect, guarding against inflation or deflation, actually creates a solid foundation for the greatest job growth and the strongest economy that America can have. ↗

— Kevin Brady

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Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair. ↗

— Sam Ewing

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Thirty years ago, many economists argued that inflation was a kind of minor inconvenience and that the cost of reducing inflation was too high a price to pay. No one would make those arguments today. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

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We pay some price when necessary to bring down inflation but that price is temporary and is not large relative to the permanent gain from reduced inflation. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

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During the past two decades, inflation has fallen to a low level in major industrial countries. ↗

— Toshihiko Fukui

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By the time I became chairman and there was more of a feeling of urgency, there was a willingness to accept more forceful measures to try to deal with the inflation. ↗

— Paul A. Volcker

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