One of the greatest failed predictions over the last few years has
been that the Fed’s massive monetary stimulus would result in runaway
hyperinflation. Certainly we can debate whether the official consumer
price index is artificially lower than what reality would suggest, but
it's clear current U.S. inflation is nowhere near levels of
hyperinflation and has actually been trending lower over the past two
years as deflationary trends persist, in spite of the Fed’s best efforts
to the contrary.
So how is it that the Fed can create all this money and not create
inflation? Martin Armstrong, who has long criticized calls for
hyperinflation or even high inflation in the U.S., said one of the main
reasons is because the U.S. dollar is the global reserve currency.
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