Inflation Quotes

“The first thing that is necessary to understand inflation is that it is not a natural disaster. It is a man-made, or to be more precise, a government-made disaster.”

“To curb inflation, you have to curb the demand for credit... The only way to do that is by having interest rates at the right level.”

“There is no costless way of reducing inflation.”

“Inflation is not a rise in prices, but a fall in the value of money.”

“There is only one cause of inflation: a government printing too much money.”

“Inflation is the tiger that we have by the tail, and we'd better hang on.”

“Inflation is going to remain uncomfortably high for some time.”

“There can be no doubt that the promise of greater price stability has not been fulfilled.”

“Inflation is taxation without legislation.”

“When you're fighting inflation, you are the chaperone who has come to take away the punch bowl.”

“There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency.”

“By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.”

“The overriding aim of macroeconomic policy should be to conquer inflation.”

“One man's wage increase is another man's price increase.”

“That the debasing the coin is an abuse, and prejudice to the public.”

“The Bank of England was wrong on inflation.”

“A billion dollars isn't what it used to be.”

“A little inflation is like a little pregnancy – it soon becomes a lot.”

“Government is the only institution that can take a valuable commodity like paper, and make it worthless by applying ink.”

“The Federal Reserve is the engine of inflation.”