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Why is this included as one of the negative effects of inflation? Isn't it just a tad circular to argue that inflation is caused by inflation?

Not sure what you're referring to, but you have to be clear to distinguish between inflation now and inflation later. There is nothing circular about inflation now causing inflation later. We wish it were circular, but based on the current model it only increases. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.65.244.201 (talk) 00:08, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@SPECIFICO: regarding [1], is the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Review article a working paper? Sandizer (talk) 09:35, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, more or less. Others may have more information. It's not the worst possible source, but it's not a good one. It's basically self-published ruminations. This is a controversial issue, and without secondary comment that points to the KC study as being particularly significant, I would suggest we try to find a more solid source. The issue has been widely discussed, and Biden has made it a key talking point at times, so there should be lots of good secondary and tertiary sourcing available if you choose to investigate further. SPECIFICO talk 16:09, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I will look for those. Do you think Figure 5 on page 32 here would be a good addition to the article? Sandizer (talk) 17:09, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion, the present text of the section "Causes" is structured in a not entirely appropriate way, simply listing the opinions of various, partly historical, theoretical schools, often without any citation, and ignoring distinguishing between outdated and more current views. It seems more suitable to focus on contemporary thinking on inflation causes in academic circles and central banks, presenting earlier historical debates on the matter in a subsection clearly marked as such. Also, the section lacks citations in many places, and some information, like the subsection "Profiteering under consolidation", seems to receive somewhat undue attention. Økonom (talk) 10:51, 17 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

+1 to @Økonom recomendation, I am going to put a tag on this section -- its really messy and doesn't reflect some of the biggest actual causes as experienced by consumers (i.e. when a war causes price change) or the growing threat of climate change to cause effects, like the drought in Panama caused by climate change effecting supply chains, Sadads (talk) 12:31, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In the article under Effects > Negative > Corruption, we read:

  According to the Global Labor Organization (GLO), a global sample of 1.5 million observations during the 1999 and 2012 found a negative relationship of ECB unemployment between countries of Spain, Ireland, Greece, and Portugal a financial crisis. 

This isn't a well-formed sentence, and it isn't easy to see how to fix it. I guess I could delete it. 24.23.150.90 (talk) 23:42, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

inflation of economy 2409:408C:831D:EB98:4CA4:AB6B:B69B:EC41 (talk) 13:47, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Which inflation category does Bhutan fall under? 160.30.185.77 (talk) 12:50, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]