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TrashPosterInTheDark
If China does not fold to tariff threats, US will experience inflation. Interest rates will rise, and emerging markets will crash. https://goo.gl/LKvFdX
America First (for a while).
TrashPosterInTheDark
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Why would the US experience inflation because of that?
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Because prices of goods will rise. Even though you personally might face more economic opportunities (so maybe inflation won't bother you), the cost of goods will definitely climb.
TrashPosterInTheDark
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This is not what inlfation actually is.
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"In economics, inflation is a sustained increase in the price level of goods and services in an economy over a period of time."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation
TrashPosterInTheDark
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Who wrote that silly wikipedia article? Inflation is the increase of the money supply. Rise of prices is a symptom of it.
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Inflation describes a phenomenon. Increasing the money supply is a monetary policy that causes inflation. https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Inflation.html