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Originally Posted by Mathgod
The other absurd talking point going around is that the relief stimulus to ordinary citizens (CERB, stimulus checks in the US) is somehow the main cause of the inflation. There's virtually no evidence to support the idea that it was the main cause; other factors happening in the same time period are much more likely to have had a bigger impact. Factors such as:
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I don't know if there's a single "main" cause. However, the government printing cash was certainly a major contributing factor. There's simply more money in circulation now. Therefore, each individual dollar is worth less.