govt_stimulus Archives - Inflation Watch https://inflationwatch.drduru.com/tag/govt_stimulus/ Watching for inflation here, there and everywhere Sat, 24 Sep 2011 04:04:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://i0.wp.com/inflationwatch.drduru.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-new-hp-money-printing-plates.png-1.webp?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 govt_stimulus Archives - Inflation Watch https://inflationwatch.drduru.com/tag/govt_stimulus/ 32 32 246324047 Argentine government hunts down inflation reporters. Protecting spending programs? https://inflationwatch.drduru.com/argentine-government-hunts-down-inflation-reporters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=argentine-government-hunts-down-inflation-reporters Sat, 24 Sep 2011 04:04:50 +0000 http://inflationwatch.wordpress.com/?p=1946 The Argentine government says inflation is 9.8%. Everyone else thinks it could be as high as 20%. President Cristina Fernandez has decided to hunt down those reporters who dare challenge official government statistics which have been reportedly manipulated to lower the government’s borrowing costs. This is definitely a story that makes you appreciate the freedom […]

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]]> The Argentine government says inflation is 9.8%. Everyone else thinks it could be as high as 20%. President Cristina Fernandez has decided to hunt down those reporters who dare challenge official government statistics which have been reportedly manipulated to lower the government’s borrowing costs. This is definitely a story that makes you appreciate the freedom of the press…and remind you how important it is not to let politics influence the collection of important economic data.

For more details see: “Argentina targets news reporting of inflation data.”

Part of the government’s motivation may also be to protect profligate spending that is boosting the economy at least in nominal terms. For more on the aggressive spending programs launched by Fernandez see “Argentine economic plan: Raise spending, salaries.”

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]]> 1946 China’s inflation could be worse but stimulus money sitting in investments, not consumption https://inflationwatch.drduru.com/china-money-invested-not-consumed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=china-money-invested-not-consumed https://inflationwatch.drduru.com/china-money-invested-not-consumed/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 17:46:17 +0000 http://inflationwatch.wordpress.com/?p=1762 Nightly Business Report produced a short video segment describing China’s inflation woes (transcript included) called “China’s Inflation Battle.” The commentator identifies China’s RMB¥ 4 trillion stimulus program (about $585B USD at the time) as the original source of the inflation and takes us to Pengshui, 1000 miles from Beijing, to see some of the examples […]

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]]> Nightly Business Report produced a short video segment describing China’s inflation woes (transcript included) called “China’s Inflation Battle.” The commentator identifies China’s RMB¥ 4 trillion stimulus program (about $585B USD at the time) as the original source of the inflation and takes us to Pengshui, 1000 miles from Beijing, to see some of the examples of how inflation is impacting the lives of the average Chinese person.

The most interesting quote came from Associate Professor Patrick Chovanec of Tsinghua University, School of Economics and Management:

“When you see over 50 percent growth in the money supply, the question isn’t, why is there inflation? The question is, why isn’t there more inflation? Why haven’t we seen it sooner? The reason is because a lot of that money didn’t go into a consumption boom. It went into an investment boom.”

It is a scary thought to think inflation problems could (will?) get even worse once the Chinese figure out how to make use of all this massive investment.

http://www-tc.pbs.org/video/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf

Watch the full episode. See more Nightly Business Report.

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]]> https://inflationwatch.drduru.com/china-money-invested-not-consumed/feed/ 1 1762 Inflating Asset Prices Worry Chinese Central Bank https://inflationwatch.drduru.com/inflating-asset-prices-worry-chinese-central-bank/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inflating-asset-prices-worry-chinese-central-bank Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:22:21 +0000 http://inflationwatch.wordpress.com/?p=630 Reuters reports that a central bank newspaper in China has warned that government stimulus in property markets is overheating asset prices. Click here.

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]]> Reuters reports that a central bank newspaper in China has warned that government stimulus in property markets is overheating asset prices. Click here.

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