Do you know what"Stagflation" is?
As we saw in the 1970s,
pursuit of excessive wage increases risks Stagflation, resulting in inadequate investment and rising unemployment.
Stagflation is not due to any actual supply shock,
but because of the societal crisis that hints at a supply crisis.
Our theory thus suggests that the problems of Stagflation in the 1970s were not as far removed
from today's problems as one might think.
When mergers and acquisitions are no longer
politically feasible(governments clamp down with anti-monopoly rules), Stagflation is used as an alternative to have higher
relative profit than the competition.
In 2008, the prices of many commodities, notably oil and food, rose so
high as to cause genuine economic damage, threatening Stagflation and a reversal of globalization.[17].
When asked if the Indian economy is entering into a stage of'Stagflation', the Finance Minister said,"I am
not willing to discuss as to where the economy stands.
However, in the 1970s and 1980s, when Stagflation occurred, it became obvious that the relationship between inflation
and employment levels was not necessarily stable: that is, the Phillips relationship could shift.
Explain that the SBI's research report has said that if the inflation in food items does not come down, then in
the coming time the Indian economy may be in a state of Stagflation.
Supply theories[13]are based on the neo-Keynesian cost-push model and attribute Stagflation to significant disruptions to the supply side of the supply-demand market equation,
for example, when there is a sudden real or relative scarcity of key commodities, natural resources, or natural capital needed to produce goods and services.