With all the doom and gloom headlines you maybe somewhat surprised to find out there have been huge improvements in budgetary positions in many European nations. More significantly the biggest debtor nations have seen the biggest improvements. Why? Inflation is adding more to revenues than it is to spending, this is reducing debt-to-national-income ratios by both lowering debt and by boosting (nominal) income. Europe was affected by the Russian gas supply cut; however, it could have been much worse. The … Continue reading “Inflation Helped Most Indebted Eurozone Budgetary Positions Improve”