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Inflation is a state where prices continue to go upward as a result of overheated economic growth or too much capital circulating in the market with little opportunities to chase. Causes of inflation depend on many factors. One is when governments print an excess of money to deal with a crisis. Another is a rise [...]

Inflation has a corrosive effect on corporate profits if input costs rise ahead of selling prices, and therefore not good news for equities, although over time stock prices tend to drift upwards if inflation really begins to rage. Bonds loathe inflation because central banks have to raise interest rates in order to combat inflation and [...]