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>nobody called me out on stagflation being very much the wrong term for this
> It's an unnatural situation because inflation is not supposed to occur in a weak economy.
>In a normal market economy, slow growth prevents inflation. As a result, consumer demand drops enough to keep prices from rising. Stagflation can only occur if government policies disrupt normal market functioning.
We technically have the opposite problem. Growth is at times exponential. Demand goes up when players aren't ABAYOing. Government policies ARE disrupting normal market functioning by artificially limiting demand, which is still going up anyways. ABOLISH THE FED....THE BROKER.
