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golfguru

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2. The real reason there is mild inflation is...

Reply to mbperrin (Reply #1)

Mon May 27, 2013, 11:27 AM

May 2013

the Fed QE's have not been able to improve velocity of money.
The banks have plenty of liquidity, but there is a dearth of borrowers
able and willing to borrow.

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Matt Taibbi: The Mad Science of the National Debt [View all] marmar May 2013 OP

Taibbi is doing some of the only good writing on this topic. mbperrin May 2013 #1

The real reason there is mild inflation is... golfguru May 2013 #2

You and I are saying the same thing. mbperrin May 2013 #3