3. Where does all this money come from? Do we not believe in conservation of energy here? Eventually we’re going to wind up with hyperinflation if we keep printing massive amounts of money in response to every business culling event.
That’s not exactly right. CPI is determined by a basket of goods selected by the federal reserve which they weight and swap out as they see fit.
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It is exactly right. CPI is an attempt to measure inflation, which as I said earlier is not completely accurate - it likely overestimates. See https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-are-richer-than-we-think-11566428343 …, or going back a couple yearshttps://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-s-underestimates-growth-1431989720 …
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It certainly would explain a lot about interest rates. If you believe inflation is significantly above CPI, then real interest rates are far below zero and have been for a while. That's implausible.
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