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paulpauper • today at 6:07 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

Even the Covid crash, as bad as it was, was over in a month. Stocks rocketed to new highs faster than anyone could have ever anticipated.


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leonidasrup • today at 6:36 AM

This stock recovery was so fast because of an external factor, governments injected money into economy, but the price was inflation.

" Fiscal stimulus during the pandemic contributed to an increase in inflation of about 2.6 percentage points. "

https://reason.com/2023/02/02/covid-stimulus-spending-played...