Tag: Economies

Are central banks causing economic chaos? Part 2

AS WE now know, economies around the world responded very differently to the monetary and fiscal stimulus of the lockdown period compared with the those of the Global Financial Crisis. The GFC proved disinflationary whereas lockdown appears to have triggered persistent inflation.

Are central banks causing economic chaos? Part 1

From today’s conditions of surging inflation, rising interest rates and governments struggling to service their debts, the ideas and financial conditions prevalent just before lockdown seem literally incredible.