Ben Bernanke Quotes

Since World War II, inflation - the apparently inexorable rise in the prices of goods and services - has been the bane of central bankers.

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• Since World War II, inflation - the apparently inexorable rise in the prices of goods and services - has been the bane of central bankers.

  

  Ben Bernanke
  • World
  • War
  • Prices