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Why can't inflation be stopped by just printing less money? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by IndigoGollum@lemmy.world to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world
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I understand that money needs to continually be printed as bills and coins are damaged or lost, but wouldn't any currency be way more stable if it was just printed slower than it's taken out of circulation?

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[–] Shirasho@lemmings.world 1 points 2 days ago

If I have 2 dollars and you have one dollar and then you get 200 dollars out of nowhere my 2 dollars suddenly doesn't seem like a lot, especially when your friendly supermarket will increase the price of groceries to try and get as much of that 201 dollars from you as possible. Now I can no longer afford groceries with my 2 dollars.