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View of the day: Fear of inflation overdone

By Neville Hill

Published: September 15 2009 14:55 | Last updated: September 15 2009 14:55

Concerns that the rapid growth of central bank balance sheets and government debt will eventually lead to higher inflation, may be overdone.

Mr Hill points out that investors fear that the expansion of the monetary base will eventually lead to an acceleration in broader measures of the money supply and then inflation.

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