Stagflation 2023: The Looming Economic Nightmare You Can’t Afford to Ignore

by Wega58

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Stagflation is a term used to describe a situation where the economy is stagnating, there is high inflation, and rising unemployment. It’s a bad situation because as the economy slows down, people lose their jobs, and the cost of daily living expenses continues to go up. This creates a double whammy effect, and investments see lower returns. Stagflation has happened twice before in the US, in 1974-75 and 78-82. It’s caused by supply shocks, bad monetary policy, or bad fiscal policy. Supply shocks happen when something goes wrong in the supply chain, and it could be de-globalization or an oil embargo, as it was in the 70s. Bad monetary policy or bad fiscal policy can overpower the recessionary effects and keep stagflation high.

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