BOJ Warns of Severe Inflation Based Upon Debasement

“It appears not only Bill Gross is insane enough to realize that direct monetization = inevitable interest rate hike. Slowly, even the central banks are starting to gravitate toward this conclusion.  From The just released minutes by the BOJ: “One member — referring to some recent views that the Bank should underwrite JGBs to fund restoration and rebuilding — expressed the opinion that such an action might initially seem to work well, but lessons drawn from history showed that it would eventually result in severe inflation and thereby inflict substantial damage on people’s living situation. This member continued that the Bank needed to keep working to gain the wider public’s understanding on this point….”

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