It means that instead of spending income on buying goods and services in the «real» production - and - consumption economy, they are paying the bill for
past asset price inflation.
Given that the excess credit is heading for the financial markets, and not to the goods markets, we are
getting asset price inflation, but not goods price inflation.
The reality is that central bank money creation has just financed the greatest inflation of modern history —
asset price inflation of the real estate market by junk mortgages, inflation of stock prices by junk bond issues, and central bank Quantitative Easing to create the fastest and largest bond market rally in history.
In the grander scheme of things, and as a red flag, this is another asset class that has enormously benefited
from asset price inflation, stirred up by the Fed's well - targeted monetary policies since the Financial Crisis.
Mr. Rajan added that the public may choose to look through current «unnatural»
asset price inflation induced by unconventional monetary policies and instead exercise prudence in risk management on concerns of future volatility.
This was largely a function of the coincidence of high real interest rates and
high asset price inflation over much of the period — more so, perhaps, than the exercise of exceptional investment skills as such.
Two decades of
asset price inflation enabled speculators, homeowners and commercial investors to borrow the interest falling due and still make a capital gain.
The overpromotion of home ownership, and the constant provision of liquidity to the markets led borrowers to become reckless
amid asset price inflation.
Stocks and riskier assets are not merely climbing the proverbial Wall of Worry; rather, at this moment in time, the ultra-accommodating monetary policy of global central banks is an unchallenged source
for asset price inflation.
The important thing to remember is that the government will want to avoid the expansion that was «associated with the earlier plan that led to higher CPI,
asset price inflation and a surge in lending to non-priority projects,» says J.P. Morgan.
This led to
asset price inflation.
(Please ignore
the asset price inflation that aids the non-existent wealth effect.)
Asset price inflation is different.
A:
Asset price inflation.
It shows up in
the asset price inflation in many different places».