What really is the cause of all this high inflation? (loans, small business)

[moguldreamer]

Originally Posted by Lincolnian

This inflation is due to a confluence of events:

1) Global disruption of commodities, distribution, and manufacturing due to COVID19 shutdowns

Nope. Irrelevant.

Originally Posted by Lincolnian

2) In the US workers in their late 50s and early 60s opting to take an early retirement as opposed to continuing to work/returning to previous positions

Nope. Irrelevant.

Originally Posted by Lincolnian

3) Workers previously employed in lower-wage retail, service, and hospitality jobs shifting to higher-paying jobs in corporate and service areas vacated by older workers and others shifting up the job ladder

Nope. Irrelevant.

Originally Posted by Lincolnian

4) The effects on prices of mandatory increases in minimum wages especially in small retail and food service industries

Nope. Irrelevant.

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5) Cheap money that contributed to bidding up real estate prices

Indirectly. Cheap money is a result of an expansion in the money supply.

Originally Posted by Lincolnian

6) Stimulus money that led to increased demand for discretionary items

Indirectly. The stimulus money came from an expansion in the money supply. If, instead, the stimulus money had come from increased tax revenue, then it would be irrelevant.

Originally Posted by Lincolnian

7) The wealth effect of growing 401k and private stock portfolios which led to people spending more money on large purchases

Nope. That's just an intertemporal shift.

Originally Posted by Lincolnian

8) The stay at home shift which led to the purchase of second homes, pools, remodeling, etc., putting pressure on contractors and commodities in short supply

Nope. Irrelevant.

[roodd279]

Wasn't this answered about 150 posts back?


Too much money and/or not enough stuff. That's what causes inflation.


I saw this way back there, by a very smart guy: "Inflation is entirely about demand, not supply."

But there is - literally - not one, without the other.

[msRB311]

So that stimulus money that the government gave to everyone really wasn’t needed.

[2Navigate]

Originally Posted by SWFL_Native

We just injected $5T into the economy out of thin air since the rona kicked off.

Well, 5 =/= 30.
Most people mention folks getting a few hundred bucks which flowed upstream and ended up in RE or stock market as the main culprit. Where's the rest? What's the figure for last administration's tax cuts (AKA: tax you should pay but you didn't = debt)? What about last housing crisis never being solved in 2008 or so? All of those things are 'out of thin air' too.

[WoodburyWoody]

Record or near-record profits in many sectors:


https://www.thenation.com/article/po...price-gouging/


So - just a guess here - the greed of corporate execs with the protection of lobbyist-own politicians.

[Troyfan]

Originally Posted by FearNotChooseLife

In other words, inflation causes inflation?

That's a good a theory as any.

[ncole1]

What do you expect, when a supply-constrained economy is pumped up by the fed as if it is demand-constrained?

[moguldreamer]

Originally Posted by WoodburyWoody

Record or near-record profits in many sectors:


https://www.thenation.com/article/po...price-gouging/


So - just a guess here - the greed of corporate execs with the protection of lobbyist-own politicians.

Nope.

Try this one on for size: most corporations are owned by public sector union pension funds... so by your logic it is the greed of public sector unions.

[moguldreamer]

Originally Posted by trentcr

They make the decisions...?

They vote on members of the Board of Directors, and they demand profits to fund retiree pension payments.

You're not against public sector union retiree pensions, are you?

[Bubble99]

Here is a good documentary why the federal reserve is evil and does nothing more but in slave everyone and cause inflation.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm6oeRgxs0A