It’s worth knowing the difference.
Today, high inflation and slowing economic growth have contributed to stagflation worries.
As of August 2022, the U.S. inflation rate has risen to 8.3%, above the central bank target of 2%. Yet unlike the last period of stagflation in the 1970s, unemployment – a key ingredient for stagflation – remains low.
Visual Capitalist’s Dorothy Neufeld shows in this infographic from New York Life Investments , the key differences between stagflation, inflation, and deflation along with the broader economic implications of each.
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