Central banks failed to recognize non-transitory supply-side constraints and bet instead that inflation would be transitory, leading them to start interest rate increases late, which then had to be done faster and more aggressively than might otherwise have been necessary.

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Michael Spence

Evidence Quote

the central banks made and the reason why the interest rates went up so fast is because they got started late was that the supply side constraints were transitory

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Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Sees Era Of "Permacrisis" Ahead | Michael Spence (w/ Adam Taggart)Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money®
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:51:12 AM

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