A needlessly opaque and complex monetary policy invites unintended consequences.

“A simple relationship no longer exists. We are in a complex period of the global economy, not just the U.S., and the actions taken by the Fed affect the labor market but vice versa. So we can’t just say ‘oh this is lagging, six to nine months of Fed policy is going to show up in the labor market’ — the labor market is driving Fed policy now.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/06/inflation-is-always-going-to-be-a-risk-adp-chief-economist-says.html

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Artificially increasing the number of monetary units to selfishly exchange for real wealth produced in the present, and then to restrict access to the increasred supply is an act of theft.