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Comment by WalterBright

History teaches us that inflation will continue as long as the government keeps printing fiat money with no backing.

For a historical example, the Confederacy had high inflation. The printing press was in Richmond. When Richmond was threatened with a siege, the Confederacy hustled the printing press out to get it to a new, safer location.

Confederate inflation paused during the move.

The reason is pretty simple - the Law of Supply & Demand. The more currency there is flooding the economy, the less value that currency has.

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