Commentary
After more than $20 trillion in stimulus plans since 2020, the economy is going into stagnation with elevated inflation.
Customers browse food stalls inside Grand Central Market in downtown Los Angeles on March 11, 2022. Fears of stagflation in the U.S. economy are on the rise. Stagflation happens when the economy has slow growth, unemployment has risen to record heights, and prices are rising, or the country is in an inflationary stage.Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
Daniel Lacalle
Author
Daniel Lacalle, Ph.D., is chief economist at hedge fund Tressis and author of the bestselling books “Freedom or Equality” (2020), “Escape from the Central Bank Trap” (2017), “The Energy World Is Flat” (2015), and “Life in the Financial Markets.”
