The US is now ground zero for global inflation.

After an initial inflationary surge, American economic growth fell off sharply in the 1970 s.

But if they raise interest rates relentlessly to meet inflation targets, we should prepare for the worst another episode of stagflation.

Given the high levels of excess capacity and unemployment in Europe and America, quantitative easing is unlikely to trigger a bout of inflation.

Consider first the goal of reversing the monetary expansion, which is necessary to avoid a surge of inflation when aggregate demand begins to pick up.

A less likely but more damaging scenario is that all the money dropped on the economy by US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will eventually stoke a bout of serious inflation.

CHICAGO Recently, a number of commentators have proposed a sharp, contained bout of inflation as a way to reduce debt and reenergize growth in the United States and the rest of the industrial world.

Second, a massive wave of liquidity, via easy monetary policy, is chasing assets, including commodities, which may eventually stoke inflation further.

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But now, in the wake of the financial crisis, a tide of distrust is sweeping the world including a new and widespread fear that central banks are incapable of controlling inflation.

The only plausible inflationary scenario presupposes that when economies recover, central banks do not raise interest rates sufficiently in the coming boom, keeping too much of the current liquidity in the market.

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CHICAGO Recently, a number of commentators have proposed a sharp, contained bout of inflation as a way to reduce debt and reenergize growth in the United States and the rest of the industrial world. Are they right?

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CAMBRIDGE It is time for the world s major central banks to acknowledge that a sudden burst of moderate inflation would be extremely helpful in unwinding today s epic debt morass.

In the current situation, the US cannot reduce the real value of its government debt significantly by indulging in a bout of inflation, because the average maturity on existing debt is very short only about four years.

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In my December 2008 column, I argued that the only practical way to shorten the coming period of painful deleveraging and slow growth would be a sustained burst of moderate inflation, say, 4 6 for several years.

By contrast, inflation hawks argue that inflation must be attacked preemptively. While most central banks are inflation hawks, this stance is a matter of religion, not economic science.

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Such internationalization could be defined as a second wave of OFDI from developing countries, which is different from the first wave in the 1970s.

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China s Inflation Muddle

Perhaps the dollar will collapse and there will be a burst of inflation in the US as the Federal Reserve Board decides that temporarily abandoning its price level peg is a lesser evil than the unemployment fallout that will result from a dollar collapse and interest rate spike.

The lawmakers' decision has already led to even more protests.

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Asia s Post Tsunami Future

Consider first the goal of reversing the monetary expansion, which is necessary to avoid a surge of inflation when aggregate demand begins to pick up. But it is also important not to do it too soon, which might stifle today s nascent and very fragile recovery.

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NEW YORK A wave of fiscal austerity is rushing over Europe and America.

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The Inflation Puzzle

The Bogey of Inflation

In Vietnam, it is even higher and is expected to approach 18.2 this year, and in India it is 5.8 . By contrast, US inflation stands at 3 .

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