Sentences with phrase «debt leads to inflation»

The discussion about inflation is tied into a mind - set that high government debt leads to inflation and is therefore bad.

Not exact matches

A related question I sometimes hear — which bears also on the relationship between monetary and fiscal policy, is this: By buying securities, are you «monetizing the debt» — printing money for the government to use — and will that inevitably lead to higher inflation?

In the Doug Purvis Memorial Lecture, Governor Stephen S. Poloz shows how changing the mix of monetary and fiscal policies can yield the same outcomes for growth and inflation, but lead to different results for public sector and private sector debt levels, which can impact financial stability.

It also lead to higher inflation, which reduced the real value of Iceland's debts, making them easier to repay.

The monetary stimulus, known as quantitative easing, means that the Fed is monetizing US government debt, which critics contend could lead to future inflation and asset bubbles.

The bottom line: Given the significant levels of debt that remain on household and government balance sheets, inflation is likely to remain lower than what we experienced in periods leading up to the financial crisis.

Instead of breakthrough that would lead to overcoming the global economic crisis, the scenario of the global economic collapse was predicted by the great thinker and French economist Jacques Attali (2010) who predicts the occurrence of four steps to the unfolding economic crisis that erupted in 2008 in United States and that spilled over the world: 1) the public debts become heavier; 2) the failure of the euro and the global depression; 3) the failure of the Dollar and the return of global inflation; and, 4) the depression and ruin of Asia.

Their policies, combined with an unfavorable international economy led to a major decline in the Jamaican economy with high levels of unemployment, inflation and debt, and a significant escalation of violence as supporters of the JLP and PNP engaged in bloody struggles.

President Obama's administration is pushing to raise the nation's debt limit an additional $ 2 trillion, which currently stands at $ 14.3 trillion and issued dire warnings from business leaders that failing to OK the increase will lead to inflation, an immediate doubling of «Interest Rates» and a killer «Wall Street Crash» — House Speaker John Boehner, R - Ohio, says the GOP will demand trillions in spending cuts before considering an increase in the debt ceiling.

But aside from monetizing debt, which often leads to serious inflation, QE has not shown much potency to do anything good.

Unemployment, inflation, and mortgage repayments are soaring as a result of the crash, which has saddled Iceland with levels of debt running to tens of thousands for each of the population of 320,000 and necessitating a 10bn - dollar bailout programme led by the International Monetary Fund.

According to a recent Globe and Mail article which references Statistics Canada numbers, «the total amount of debt held in households led by people aged 55 to 64 almost quadrupled between 1999 and 2012, while the level for the overall population did little more than double (these are inflation - adjusted numbers).

As discussed last month, this is a bit of a too much of a good thing crash all around — tax cuts into a strong economy sending inflation and interest rates high enough to lead the Federal Reserve to (potentially) over react and raise rates too high, causing a recession and growing debt issues as the government refinances debt at higher rates, all while a tax cut reduces federal revenues.