Ten reasons inflation could be set to return

We’ve been living in fear of inflation for over 40 years. Now, however, it could finally be coming. Dominic Frisby outlines ten compelling reasons why.

Print worker with sheets of dolars © Getty
Money printing - just one of the reasons inflation could be about to return © Getty
(Image credit: Print worker with sheets of dolars © Getty)

Inflation. Remorseless, insatiable inflation. The auto-cannibalistic monster that eats away at its own flesh and destroys economies from within.

We’ve been living in fear of it since the 1970s. But, like the troll under the bridge, it’s never really shown its head in the real economy, only in house prices and financial assets.

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Dominic Frisby

Dominic Frisby (“mercurially witty” – the Spectator) is as far as we know the world’s only financial writer and comedian. He is the author of the popular newsletter the Flying Frisby and is MoneyWeek’s main commentator on gold, commodities, currencies and cryptocurrencies. He has also taken several of his shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

His books are Daylight Robbery - How Tax Changed our Past and Will Shape our Future; Bitcoin: the Future of Money? and Life After the State - Why We Don't Need Government

Dominic was educated at St Paul's School, Manchester University and the Webber-Douglas Academy Of Dramatic Art. You can follow him on X @dominicfrisby