In this sense the liquidity premium, like the inflation premium, is another interest rate distorter, and therefore another masker of the truth.

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Inflation is a destructive distorter. it fuels speculation and hoarding, as well as misdirects investment into normally uneconomic activities or stops the flow of productive investment altogether as people and businesses clutch their cash.

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Another great price distorter is a weakened currency.

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Inflation is a destructive distorter.

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