The causes and course of inflation

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Recent conversations with investors reveal a lot of confusion about what causes inflation and what the future path will be. We take a look at various explanations including a Malthusian view of longterm drivers, shorter-term views of more proximate drivers like commodities and wages (Phillips curve) and wrap it up with a broader monetary approach. All of those prisms suggest that we are witnessing …