From Zero Hedge:
... Yields are low, unemployment up, CPI numbers are down (and under some metrics, negative)—in short, everything screams "deflation".
Therefore, the notion of talking about hyperinflation now, in this current macro-economic environment, would seem... well... crazy. Right?
Wrong: I would argue that the next step down in this world-historical Global Depression which we are experiencing will be hyperinflation.
Most people dismiss the very notion of hyperinflation occurring in the United States as something only tin-foil hatters, gold-bugs, and Right-wing survivalists drool about. In fact, most sensible people don’t even bother arguing the issue at all—everyone knows that only fools bother arguing with a bigger fool.
A minority, though...
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