Why Stagflation is Dangerous
Stagflation is combination of stagnant economy, high inflation and high unemployment, usually caused by a supply shock like increased oil prices due to embargo or war
In case of India, the stagflation-like situation, building up due to systemic disruption in the informal sector, was aggravated by supply bottlenecks due to lockdown
It is difficult to come out of stagflation as there is an inverse relation between inflation & unemployment
Traditional means – fiscal and monetary – of fighting recession or high inflation aggravate the situation. Fiscal measures like increasing subsidies or cutting taxes fuel inflation and monetary tools to tame inflation, such as increasing interest rates, hit growth
The USA saw a similar situation in mid and late 1970s with inflation touching double digits and economic growth swaying from negative to 5.5 per cent
In November 2019, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had, probably for the first time, raised the possibility of India facing stagflation. In a column, the former prime minister, also a renowned economist, wrote: “Continued increase in inflation combined with stagnant demand and high unemployment will lead to what economists term as ‘stagflation’, a dangerous territory from which it becomes very hard for large economies to recover.”
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