RE:RE:Another morning headfakeStagflation = 1 slow growth + 2 inflation + 3 high unemployment
For the US, while inflation is proving sticky, they are nowhere near stagflation as the economy remains resilient and unemployment is extremely low.
Canada is closer to it than the US but not there completely. Growth is slowing and inflation sticky but still below 3% which isn't horrible. Unemployment has moved above 6% but certainly not high enough yet to announce stagflation.
marketsense wrote: Yes, it seems we are going to be stuck in this inflationary environment combined with
slow growth for quite a while longer. Isn't that stagflation?
The good news is IMO, interest rates are not going up either. That should give everyone including the banks, a stable period to adjust to this environment and to continue to profit from their business model.
The recent selloff is simply the speculative froth being taken out of the market. I don't
think it will affect the banks or most other businesses profitibility. Rates are not so high
as to choke off economic activity nor so low as to goose rapid inflation.