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- From: fierro@uts.amdahl.com (Doug Fierro)
- Newsgroups: sci.econ
- Subject: Re: GM Plant Closures Again? Won't Solve the Economic Problems
- Message-ID: <df3J03pYc6aM00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 07:40:24 GMT
- References: <BzEzv6.HHA@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <JACKSON.92Dec17154850@kaos.stsci.edu> <38019@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu>
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- In article <38019@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu> jfh@beach.cis.ufl.edu (James F. Hranicky) writes:
- >In article <JACKSON.92Dec17154850@kaos.stsci.edu> jackson@stsci.edu writes:
- >>A naive question.
- >>
- >>If INFLATION is defined at the overall price level rising
- >>Then how can that occur without an increase in the money supply?
- >
- >The general rise in prices of all goods and services is indeed the
- >result of increasing the money supply.
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- I think a better explanation of inflation would be when the ratio of
- dollars to goods (and services) increases. I can think of a few scenarios
- where prices would rise even if the money supply remained constant.
-
- Doug
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