19/04/2024
Expert Talk
The Upside of Geopolitical Uncertainty
Navigating an inflationary environment in US and global equities
Wednesday 08 June 2022
Expert Talk
Navigating an inflationary environment in US and global equities
Forty years … That’s how long it has been since the Great Inflation, which lasted from 1965 to 1982 and saw inflation in the US climb as high as 13.5%. According to Michael Bryan of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, it was the “defining macroeconomic event of the second half of the twentieth century … there were four economic recessions, two severe energy shortages, and the unprecedented implementation of wage and price controls”. The origins of the Great Inflation were Federal Reserve policies that, similar to those of today, supported excessive growth in the money supply.
