The inflation rate will reach 6% to 9% by year-end, said Steve Hanke, professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University. Speaking with David Lin, anchor for Kitco News, Hanke said that in a low growth environment, this represents the "worst of all possible worlds."
0:00 - Phillips Curve4:00 - 6-9% inflation by year-end4:50 - What is causing inflation?6:42 - Labor market and wages9:08 - Effects of stagflation10:20 - Methodology for measuring CPI16:10 - Gold sentiment
Steve Hanke is an American applied economist at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He is also a senior fellow and director of the Troubled Currencies Project at the libertarian Cato Institute in Washington, DC, and co-director of the Johns Hopkins University's Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise in Baltimore, Maryland. Hanke is known for his work as a currency reformer in emerging-market countries. He was a senior economist with President Ronald Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers from 1981 to 1982, and has served as an adviser to heads of state in countries throughout Asia, South America, Europe, and the Middle East. He is also known for his work on currency boards, dollarization, hyperinflation, water pricing and demand, benefit-cost analysis, privatization, and other topics in applied economics. Hanke has written extensively as a columnist for Forbes magazine and other publications. He is also a currency and commodity trader.