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dborehamyesterday at 4:21 PM1 replyview on HN

Quick note that "devalued dollar" is inflation, not a cause of inflation.


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joshuaissacyesterday at 4:56 PM

Inflation is about what goes on inside the country. So you can have inflation internally while the domestic currency strengthens against foreign currencies, and vice versa.

If your currency is falling against foreign currencies but prices are also dropping domestically, you get deflation. This was happening in China a couple of years ago, and they were exporting this deflation to other countries.