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Economic Commentary

Skepticism about the Direction of Inflation: Causes, Costs, and Cures

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Bumper stickers sometimes convey important ideas. In the 1980s, a familiar one on America’s highways read “VISUALIZE WORLD PEACE.” The underlying idea was that visualizing helps people behave in ways that tend to bring the vision to reality.

12.01.1992ISSN 2163-3738 EC 12/1/1992

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Jordan, Jerry L. 1992. “Skepticism about the Direction of Inflation: Causes, Costs, and Cures.” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic Commentary 12/1/1992.

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