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Inflation Quotes

Republicans don’t seem to mind taking inflation into account when the subject is tax rates Picture Quote #1

Inflation has ... become the cruelest tax, destroying the value of the dollar and adding new costs to every purchase Picture Quote #1

When runaway inflation and bank failures struck in Germany in the 1920s, the middle class was destroyed, which led directly to the rise of the Nazis Picture Quote #1

People concerned about inflation today tend to buy big houses and nice cars Picture Quote #1

You can look at history of these things, and Social Security wasn’t devised to be a system that supported you for a 30-year retirement after a 25-year career... So there will be things that, you know, the retirement age has to be changed, maybe some of the benefits have to be affected, maybe some of the inflation adjustments have to be revised Picture Quote #1

Markets need not be in sync with one another. Simultaneously, the bond market can be priced for sustained tough times, the equity market for a strong recovery, and gold for high inflation. Such an apparent disconnect is indefinitely sustainable Picture Quote #1

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It’s good news that he is proposing to restore budget cuts that he made, but the reality is that he is still proposing a 4.5 percent increase in tuition that’s above inflation Picture Quote #1

Uncertainty about sales impedes business planning and could harm capital formation just as much as uncertainty about inflation can create uncertainty about relative prices and harm business planning Picture Quote #1

You could not buy a house in those days without just assuming that the house was not only a place to live, but it was a good investment, because it was going to keep up with inflation or get ahead of inflation, and it was just - that was America Picture Quote #1

And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it’s going up at the level of inflation, maybe just slightly above inflation, we’ve made huge progress. And by the way, that is the single most important thing we could do in terms of reducing our deficit. That’s why we did it Picture Quote #1

The Central Bank should take into account other things as well: the stability of the bank system in the country, the increase or decrease of money supply in the economy, its influence on inflation Picture Quote #1

A crucial responsibility of any central bank is to control inflation, the average rate of increase in the prices of a broad group of goods and services Picture Quote #1

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Inflation is a monetary phenomenon. It is made by or stopped by the central bank Picture Quote #1

After a long period in which the desired direction for inflation was always downward, the industrialized world’s central banks must today try to avoid major changes in the inflation rate in either direction Picture Quote #1

Welcome to the age of paper money, where governments and central banks can manufacture as much money as they want without limit. Gold was the last limit. Its banishment as a standard unleashed the inflation monster and leviathan itself, which has swelled beyond comprehension Picture Quote #1

If grade inflation continues, a college bachelor’s degree will have just as much credibility as a high school diploma Picture Quote #1

I think the inflation prospects for the U.S. over the next five or six, seven years, are quite serious. You cannot have a bumper crop in apples without the value or the price of each apple falling. The Fed has had the largest increase in the monetary base in the history of the U.S., from colonial times to the present, times ten Picture Quote #1

You can’t continue to have higher education tuition grow at a multiple of the rate of inflation Picture Quote #1

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I don’t mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I’ve saved all year Picture Quote #1

Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply required to support deficit spending. No private embezzlers or bank robbers in history have ever plundered people’s savings on a scale comparable to the plunder perpetrated by the fiscal policies of statist governments Picture Quote #1

Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you -- either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation Picture Quote #1

The consequences of inflation are malinvestment, waste, a wanton redistribution of wealth and income, the growth of speculation and gambling, immorality and corruption, disillusionment, social resentment, discontent, upheaval and riots, bankruptcy, increased government controls, and eventual collapse Picture Quote #1

Double-digit inflation is a terrible thing - and it got up to 14 or 15 percent on a monthly basis for a while, shortly after I became chairman of the Fed Picture Quote #1

But clearly an economy that’s growing and expanding like this one - and it certainly is doing that with high GDP output, employment numbers strong, capacity utilization strong - that’s an environment in which the Fed needs to continually be alert to early signs of inflation Picture Quote #1

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I think the Fed is not designed to have effective tools to deal with the economy. It should settle for just controlling the money supply. And - if it insists, it can worry about inflation Picture Quote #1

Taxes on capital, taxes on labor, inflation, bureaucratic regulation, minimum wage laws, are all - to different degrees - unnecessary slices of the wedge that stand between an individual’s effort and reward for that effort Picture Quote #1

Life is full of joys and sorrows, much of it our own making. Sadly, the West has voted time and time again for bigger government, more inflation, higher taxes and excessive regulation - all policies that have kept us from Adam Smith’s vision of an opulent society Picture Quote #1

With the sugar market hysteria, the people are obviously worried and expect higher inflation. When this hysteria subsides, which we’re probably observing, then I hope that people will also get less worried about the future of inflation Picture Quote #1

To be sure, faster growth in nominal labor compensation does not necessarily portend higher inflation Picture Quote #1

Food and energy account for a significant portion of household budgets, so the Federal Reserve’s inflation objective is defined in terms of the overall change in consumer prices Picture Quote #1

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Republicans don’t seem to mind taking inflation into account when the subject is tax rates (Inflation Quotes) Inflation has ... become the cruelest tax, destroying the value of the dollar and adding new costs to every purchase. (Inflation Quotes) When runaway inflation and bank failures struck in Germany in the 1920s, the middle class was destroyed, which led directly to the rise of the Nazis. (Inflation Quotes) People concerned about inflation today tend to buy big houses and nice cars (Inflation Quotes) You can look at history of these things, and Social Security wasn’t devised to be a system that supported you for a 30-year retirement after a 25-year career... So there will be things that, you know, the retirement age has to be changed, maybe some of the benefits have to be affected, maybe some of the inflation adjustments have to be revised. (Inflation Quotes) Markets need not be in sync with one another. Simultaneously, the bond market can be priced for sustained tough times, the equity market for a strong recovery, and gold for high inflation. Such an apparent disconnect is indefinitely sustainable. (Inflation Quotes) It’s good news that he is proposing to restore budget cuts that he made, but the reality is that he is still proposing a 4.5 percent increase in tuition that’s above inflation. (Inflation Quotes) Uncertainty about sales impedes business planning and could harm capital formation just as much as uncertainty about inflation can create uncertainty about relative prices and harm business planning. (Inflation Quotes) You could not buy a house in those days without just assuming that the house was not only a place to live, but it was a good investment, because it was going to keep up with inflation or get ahead of inflation, and it was just - that was America. (Inflation Quotes) And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it’s going up at the level of inflation, maybe just slightly above inflation, we’ve made huge progress. And by the way, that is the single most important thing we could do in terms of reducing our deficit. That’s why we did it. (Inflation Quotes) The Central Bank should take into account other things as well: the stability of the bank system in the country, the increase or decrease of money supply in the economy, its influence on inflation. (Inflation Quotes) A crucial responsibility of any central bank is to control inflation, the average rate of increase in the prices of a broad group of goods and services. (Inflation Quotes) Inflation is a monetary phenomenon. It is made by or stopped by the central bank. (Inflation Quotes) After a long period in which the desired direction for inflation was always downward, the industrialized world’s central banks must today try to avoid major changes in the inflation rate in either direction. (Inflation Quotes) Welcome to the age of paper money, where governments and central banks can manufacture as much money as they want without limit. Gold was the last limit. Its banishment as a standard unleashed the inflation monster and leviathan itself, which has swelled beyond comprehension. (Inflation Quotes) If grade inflation continues, a college bachelor’s degree will have just as much credibility as a high school diploma. (Inflation Quotes) I think the inflation prospects for the U.S. over the next five or six, seven years, are quite serious. You cannot have a bumper crop in apples without the value or the price of each apple falling. The Fed has had the largest increase in the monetary base in the history of the U.S., from colonial times to the present, times ten. (Inflation Quotes) You can’t continue to have higher education tuition grow at a multiple of the rate of inflation. (Inflation Quotes) I don’t mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I’ve saved all year. (Inflation Quotes) Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply required to support deficit spending. No private embezzlers or bank robbers in history have ever plundered people’s savings on a scale comparable to the plunder perpetrated by the fiscal policies of statist governments. (Inflation Quotes) Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you -- either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation. (Inflation Quotes) The consequences of inflation are malinvestment, waste, a wanton redistribution of wealth and income, the growth of speculation and gambling, immorality and corruption, disillusionment, social resentment, discontent, upheaval and riots, bankruptcy, increased government controls, and eventual collapse. (Inflation Quotes) Double-digit inflation is a terrible thing - and it got up to 14 or 15 percent on a monthly basis for a while, shortly after I became chairman of the Fed. (Inflation Quotes) But clearly an economy that’s growing and expanding like this one - and it certainly is doing that with high GDP output, employment numbers strong, capacity utilization strong - that’s an environment in which the Fed needs to continually be alert to early signs of inflation. (Inflation Quotes) I think the Fed is not designed to have effective tools to deal with the economy. It should settle for just controlling the money supply. And - if it insists, it can worry about inflation. (Inflation Quotes) Taxes on capital, taxes on labor, inflation, bureaucratic regulation, minimum wage laws, are all - to different degrees - unnecessary slices of the wedge that stand between an individual’s effort and reward for that effort. (Inflation Quotes) Life is full of joys and sorrows, much of it our own making. Sadly, the West has voted time and time again for bigger government, more inflation, higher taxes and excessive regulation - all policies that have kept us from Adam Smith’s vision of an opulent society. (Inflation Quotes) With the sugar market hysteria, the people are obviously worried and expect higher inflation. When this hysteria subsides, which we’re probably observing, then I hope that people will also get less worried about the future of inflation. (Inflation Quotes) To be sure, faster growth in nominal labor compensation does not necessarily portend higher inflation. (Inflation Quotes) Food and energy account for a significant portion of household budgets, so the Federal Reserve’s inflation objective is defined in terms of the overall change in consumer prices. (Inflation Quotes)

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