Grapeshot
Paul Krugman thinks he detects A Whiff of Stagflation in tomorrow's NYT.
Last week fears of a return to stagflation sent stock prices to a five-month low. What few seem to have noticed, however, is that a mild form of stagflation - rising inflation in an economy still well short of full employment - has already arrived.Not good news and not unexpected. The real problem is that the idiots running the show have left us virtually no room to maneuver if anything goes wrong.