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To: mishedlo who wrote (50427)	1/20/2006 1:01:17 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

With that definition of inflation and deflation no wonder you are so badly confused. Inflation and deflation refer to prices, not money supply. The comment copied below is notably humorous: "Productivity can mask huge increases in money supply" I really had to laugh at that one. You are one confused puppy. Inflation and deflation refer to what a dollar (or yen) can buy, not how many dollars or yen there are out there to buy things. Money supply growth and contraction and inflation/deflation are most definitely NOT the same thing. You are listening to the sound of one hand clapping. There is money and there is what money can buy -- if you leave out what money can buy you have a joke, not a theory. Bon chance following this dry hole.

To: mishedlo who wrote (50427)	1/20/2006 5:58:21 PM
From: TimbaBear	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

In these definitions, is it true that lending from overseas is not considered part of the fractional reserve and therefore may not be part of the money expansion/contraction equations? Also, in these definitions, if no one wants our money there is no increase or decrease, but there will be inflation, no? Sort of like Confederate dollars at the end of the Civil War, they didn't print anymore, but you surely needed a fistful to buy anything with them. Timba