by Phillip Inman on (#5BVXV)
The hawks are warning – once again – about the economy overheating. But a vaccine alone will not cause thatThere is always an economist somewhere agonising about inflation. As we head towards Christmas with an inflation rate falling towards zero – it dipped to 0.3% in November – you might think they were mostly keeping their counsel.Not a bit of it. The inflation worriers are out and about, spreading their gloomy message of imminent rising prices as the economy overheats uncontrollably post-Covid, post-Brexit.Consumers, desperate to cheer themselves up, will join the borrowing binge, increasing the pressure on prices Continue reading...