{"id":502,"date":"2026-07-26T21:15:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T21:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/?p=502"},"modified":"2026-07-26T21:15:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T21:15:02","slug":"inflation-is-a-hidden-taxation-not-that-i-am-entirely-sharia-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/?p=502","title":{"rendered":"Inflation is a hidden taxation. (not that i am entirely sharia yet)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank set a <strong>2% inflation target<\/strong><mark> <\/mark><mark>to prevent deflation, maintain economic stability, and anchor public expectations<\/mark>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.currencytransfer.com\/blog\/expert-analysis\/why-inflation-target-is-important\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why 2 Percent?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Deflation prevention:<\/strong> A 0% target risks sliding into harmful deflation where people stop buying things waiting for lower prices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Safety buffer:<\/strong> It gives central banks room to cut interest rates during a downturn without hitting zero.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Measurement bias:<\/strong> Price indexes slightly overestimate inflation due to unmeasured quality improvements in goods.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bde.es\/wbe\/en\/areas-actuacion\/politica-monetaria\/politica-monetaria-area-euro\/bce-estrategia-politica-monetaria\/por-que-2-en-lugar-del-0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Economic Benefits<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Stable planning:<\/strong> Businesses and workers can set realistic prices and wages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Credibility:<\/strong> Clear goals hold central banks accountable and keep long-term inflation stable.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank set a 2% inflation target to prevent deflation, maintain economic stability, and anchor public expectations.\u00a0 Why 2 Percent? Economic Benefits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":503,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}