Quantitative easing as a highway to hyperinflation / Imad A. Moosa, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moosa, Imad A.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantitative easing (Monetary policy).

Monetary policy.

Inflation (Finance).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 348 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book addresses the topical issue of whether the current environment in the US and other major countries, where quantitative easing is used to boost the economy, is conducive to the emergence of hyperinflation. This is a controversial and highly debated issue. Using both economics and history, the author challenges the view that quantitative easing will not lead to hyperinflation and argues that hyperinflation, or at least high inflation, is likely to appear eventually. The book examines all the propositions put forward for and against the eventuality of hyperinflation in the US, using ill

Contents:

List of figures

List of tables

List of abbreviations

Preface

Inflation, deflation, disinflation and all that

The measurement of inflation

The monetary theory of inflation

Other theories of inflation and some extensions

The consequences and costs of inflation

The phenomenon of hyperinflation

The history of fiat money and hyperinflation

Hyperinflationary episodes since the 1970s

The status quo: heading towards hyperinflation?

Leading indicators of U.S. hyperinflation

Concluding thoughts

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789814504928

9814504920

OCLC:

897557569