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Whatever it may say, the US Federal Reserve doesn’t really want to stifle inflation. It wants more of it. At 5% inflation, other things remaining the same, the US would cut the real value of its government debt by $1.7trn in a single year. Trouble is, other things don’t remain the same. At current levels of deficits, the US adds $1.7trn in