ok faggots, can someone explain to me how a goverment can stop a strong inflation?
just abolish their currency and start using US dollars like Zimbabwe
Raise interest rates and sell a fuckload of Treasury/gov bonds.
Stop fucking printing more.
>>1382829
>Treasury/gov bonds
Priced in local currency? Who the fuck is going to buy something with negative ROI?
>>1382778
"Oh shizzle grinzngr, Strong inflation"
"Dont worry about it, Hill-hill, just increase APR on loans or whatever the fuck, so people have to pay more for houses and cars, then people will spend less."
"T-thanks, Bill."
>>1382778
Restoring the gold standard so that money actually has something backing it's value.
Otherwise money is based on trust, and that is why the American dollar is so strong is because of our influence in the world.
>>1382858
Bond funds will buy them and get a nice tax break for doing so. Welcome to business.
>>1383419
>Guys we can't trust paper, it's only as valuable as people say it is! We need gold, which is only as valuable as people say it is!
Money is sociology
>>1383419
Not enough gold in the world for that mate. Sorry to burst your baby-boomer hopes and dreams. Brenton Woods was a long fucking time ago. Get past it.