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Fed Monetary Policy - Stagflation - Effects on Accounting and Financial Reporting
February 21, 2008
Doubts are now being raised in different circles of a possible period of stagflation being induced as a result of Federal Reserve monetary policy. While I do not think the present conditions point towards stagflation and we are presently a long way from reaching any such point, yet in the present context I think it would be advisable to look at the effects on accounting and financial reporting of any such economic situation for a sustained period of time.