How Companies Can Prepare for High Inflation企業(yè)如何應(yīng)對高通脹

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While consumers generally dislike inflation because it erodes the purchasing power of their income， businesses desire a steady level of inflation because investments made in today’s prices yield higher profits and returns in the future. Governments also like low and steady inflation. With inflation， government’s long-term borrowing needs to be repaid at a lower real cost， and a nation’s real income keeps increasing as long as employment remains high and the improvement in worker productivity exceeds their wage enhancements. Prices of assets such as houses and equities1 keep rising， attracting investors into the economy. The idea is that the economy keeps growing and everyone benefits.

消費(fèi)者通常都不喜歡通貨膨脹，因為它讓你收入的購買力縮水；而企業(yè)會希求持續(xù)通脹，原因是以今天的價格做投資，未來能產(chǎn)生更高的利潤和收益。（剩余8005字）