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    JeffDB - Perhaps you are right, and while I can agree it's wise to hedge both sides, I don't see you pointing to a mechanism with reliable data that money is being put (or about to be put) in great volume into the economy that isn't kept by or returned to the banking system to stay. What's left is curtailment of supply on essential goods, and I certainly agree with 'non-housing essential goods inflation' but not with 'overall inflation'.

    In my view, your case is best supported by monetized government deficits, which would appear to be a one-shot: in other words, it quickly hits banking system where it stays as banks have a rough time finding enough good borrowers to really make a money expansion. Over time, deleveraging is offset by money printing, but so far that's not inflationary.

    If you've got a mechanism that you can point to, I might agree ...

    On Sep 09 04:28 PM JeffDB wrote:

    > On Sep 09 03:30 PM Jim Bradley wrote:
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