Basically, it depends on the claim that runaway inflation is just around the corner.
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But right now, ministers would probably say that runaway inflation was not their number one concern.
Combine recession and runaway inflation and you have a recipe for disaster -- and disaster looms.
It is therefore not surprising that we have very little evidence of runaway inflation today.
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In 2000 it stopped runaway inflation by adopting the U.S. dollar as its currency.
And second, it frets that a massive monetisation of debt might create runaway inflation.
Furthermore, we think there is a small, but not insignificant, chance of runaway inflation.
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After years of runaway inflation and chaos, several of them have recently made great economic strides.
In 1982 Mexico was in the midst of economic collapse amid runaway inflation, interest rates and debt defaults.
They think it is the only "real" money, a haven in crisis and a protection against runaway inflation.
Even so, it could lead the Federal Reserve to further its policies that threaten to result in runaway inflation.
The rest of the emerging markets category, whipsawed by runaway inflation in the BRICs, fell by 22 percent.
That should make it easier to tame Turkey's reckless spending and runaway inflation.
Eventually this led to runaway inflation and economic as well as military disaster.
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Runaway inflation, as in the late 1970s, will promote malaise, not job growth.
She blames the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe for allowing the runaway inflation that destroyed the value of her modest income.
Until then Brazil's runaway inflation had been blamed for the unit's problems.
In April, Argentine consumer prices rose at the highest monthly rate in a decade as fears of runaway inflation and civil unrest festered.
One is if the economy starts recovering or inflation starts picking up and the Federal Reserve starts raising rates to prevent runaway inflation.
Runaway deflation of this sort can be much more damaging than runaway inflation, because it creates a vicious spiral that is hard to escape.
The biggest contract winner, Spain's Repsol, has reportedly scaled back its work there because Pemex won't reimburse it for runaway inflation in rigs and workers.
However, runaway inflation will remain a possibility as high inflation resets debts that much faster and will therefore be a tempting option for many states.
You can hedge against catastrophes like runaway inflation and resource scarcity.
Logically, owning long-term TIPS will probably work out well only if the economy plunges into a multidecade deep freeze or bursts into rampant runaway inflation.
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Central bankers are used to dealing with concerns about runaway inflation.
The one scenario in which silver could lag gold would be runaway inflation accompanied by a weak economy that curbs industrial demand for silver, he said.
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When we take the Federal Reserve position of lowering interest rates, we have the perfect storm for runaway inflation and much higher metal prices in the future.
The second double-dip was precipitated by then Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker pushing nominal interest rates to 19% to rein in runaway inflation sparked by a spike in oil prices.
Add this to the fact that there is claimed to be a deficit of new gold mined above consumption, gold should enjoy upward price pressure, with or without runaway inflation.
Like Greece, the other four bail-out countries would gain from the swift improvement in competitiveness that currency devaluations would achieve, provided credible policies were pursued to ensure it was not frittered away in runaway inflation.
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