Inflation Quotes

“The natural tendency of the state is inflation.”

“Globalization was exerting a dis-inflationary impact.”

“As soon as interest is abolished, inflation becomes unnecessary...”

“Low inflation and government prudence may be harmful for economic development.”

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“Indeed, let us be frank about it. Most of our people have never had it so good.”

“If government will not instill discipline, markets will. The dollar will collapse into worthlessness.”

“The value of currency had come down, because Sultan Sikandar had got idols of gold, silver and copper broken and turned into coins.”

“Once the true relationship between inflation and unemployment is understood, with luck and skill, a free lunch is possible.”

“Inflation is an increase in the quantity of money without a corresponding increase in the demand for money, i.e., for cash holdings.”

“Let's turn inflation over to the post office. That'll slow it down.”

“The [pay] policy is principally designed to hold down wages rather than to check inflation. Inflation is being used as an excuse to destroy free trade union bargaining.”

“You know what's worse than high inflation and low unemployment? It's high inflation and a recession with millions of people out of work. I hope you'll reconsider that, before you drive this economy off a cliff.”

“In the new money system we abolish interest and inflation, thereby reducing the prices of all goods and services as well as taxes by about 40%.”

“In most Western economies, the general relationship is not in fact between the rate of inflation and the level of unemployment, but between the rate of change of inflation and the rate of change of unemployment.”

“Inflation is elevated, largely reflecting factors that are expected to be transitory. Supply and demand imbalances related to the pandemic and the reopening of the economy have contributed to sizable price increases in some sectors”

“We are obviously all hurt by inflation. Everybody is hurt by inflation. If you really wanted to examine who percentage-wise is hurt the most in their incomes, it is the Wall Street brokers. I mean their incomes have gone down the most.”

“The real story in the inflation data was the upside in the more cyclical and persistent components like rent. That tells us that there’s an important source of support that is likely to keep the inflation data firm in the months ahead and potentially beyond”

“The end of Greedflation must surely come. Otherwise, we may be looking at the end of capitalism. This is a big issue for policymakers that simply cannot be ignored any longer.”