Why higher inflation is a gift to crypto – DL News

  • Inflation targets at 2% seem a distant memory.
  • But that could be great for crypto.

Wolfgang Münchau is a columnist for DL News. He is co-founder and director of Eurointelligence, and writes a column on European affairs for UnHerd. Opinions are his own.

When global inflation started to rise in late 2021, I predicted that macroeconomists would go through progressive stages of mourning.

Remember Team Transitory? That was the stage one — denial.

Then they all blamed Vladimir Putin. That was the stage of anger.

We are now entering stage three — bargaining. We want to bring inflation down, but not too fast. Number four in the stages of grief is depression.

Stage five is acceptance — that we will forever say goodbye to the 2% inflation…

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