Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 July 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Quantitative Easing: Discussion
2:00 pm
Dr. Stephen Kinsella:
The answer is energy costs and then lack of demand. One cannot have a situation where there is inflation in a country like Greece with more than 50% youth unemployment. There are just not enough people buying to have the average retailer jack up the price of anything. They cannot do it. They do not see the footfall. One sees that in retail sales all the time. It is a lack of demand, fundamentally.
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