Quotes About Inflation

the universe could have expanded during this inflationary period by a factor of more than 1028. While this is an incredible amount, it amazingly could have happened in a fraction of a second in the very early universe.

one's universe would appear very different from the vast bulk of space around it, which would still be inflating. In this picture, inflation is eternal. Some regions, indeed most of space, will go on inflating forever.

Americans already believed Carter was wasting too much time on the Middle East when there were more pressing problems at home. The country was experiencing double-digit inflation coupled with high unemployment and anemic growth—a confounding phenomenon tagged "stagflation." As for the president's job performance, the two dreaded lines on the graph finally crossed in the spring of 1978, with more Americans disapproving

At its August 7, 2007, meeting, the FOMC had concluded that 'although the downside risks to growth have increased somewhat, the Committee's predominant policy concern remains the risk that inflation will fail to moderate as expected.' How's that going?, many of us thought when we read the statement. The predominant concern is inflation? Many Fed watchers blinked in disbelief. What were those guys thinking?

In the place of religion came the ever-inflating language of 'human rights' (itself a concept of Christian origin).

Disillusionment can come as fast as a gust, but building faith that the government won't inflate again is like building a new sailboat, a project of years.

What we define as a bubble is any kind of debt-fueled asset inflation where the cash flow generated by the asset itself - a rental property, office building, condo - does not cover the debt incurred to buy the asset. So you depend on a greater fool, if you will, to come in and buy at a higher price.

Our system of private health insurance that fails to provide coverage to so many of our citizens also contributes to the double-digit health care inflation that is making America less competitive in the global economy.

In the 1970s, as inflation took off and growth slowed, Western societies seemed to have fallen victim to excessive state intervention in the economy, embracing wage and price controls and other supposed remedies that only made things worse.

Fue la locura financiera, un ciclo autodestructivo de impagos y devaluaciones, la que hizo que Argentina pasara de ser el sexto país más rico del mundo en la década de 1880 a convertirse en un desastre inflacionista en la de 1980.

As anyone who lived through the 1990s knows, nothing shrinks our deficits faster than a growing economy.

The Fed is totally open.

The dollar has lost over 90 percent of its value since the Fed was created.

Slow growth and inflation have a tendency to accompany large deficits and increasing debt as a percentage of GDP.

Governments have a tendency to screw up currencies.

If I finish my term and have inflation down to a single digit, I will be very happy. That's four years of hard work.

Double-digit inflation is a terrible thing - and it got up to 14 or 15 percent on a monthly basis for a while, shortly after I became chairman of the Fed.

Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.

Truth to tell, the principal reason as to why occultism is "occult" and esotericism is "esoteric", i.e. demanding protection through secrecy, is the concern to protect "free spirits" above all against the dangers of enslavement through "inflation", as Carl Gustav Jung called it, which is an aspect of the sphere of mirages.

under modern conditions of trade-union-led wage bargaining, a reduction in the quantity of money led directly to a reduction in the quantity of employment.

In 1939, Keynes had doubted whether 'capitalistic democracy' would ever be willing to make the 'grand experiment' which would prove his theory. In war the experiment was made, and the theory worked. The economy was run at full capacity with only very moderate inflation.

We used awesome the way the British used brilliant: for anything at all. Perhaps . . . it was a kind of antidepressant: inflated rhetoric to keep the sorry truth at bay.

I do," said Louis. "Before I can let you play with them, I have to clean them and pump them up with the precise amount of air as specified by POOPS." "POOPS?" asked Eric Ovens. "The Professional Organization Of Playground Supervisors," explained Louis. He showed them the POOPS handbook.

Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.