As Bitcoiners Eye Inflation Boost, Wall Street Sees Barely Any for Five Years

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There’s a disconnect between crypto markets and Wall Street.

Among bitcoin bulls, a key investment thesis is that the trillions of dollars of money injections by global central banks will usher in an era of inflation, helping to send prices for bitcoin, seen as a hedge against inflation, to the moon.

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But trading in global bond markets shows that traditional investors expect nothing like the hyperinflation episodes witnessed in places like Zimbabwe and Venezuela. Just look at break-even inflation rates – calculated by assessing the difference between yields on inflation-linked notes and regular bonds. It’s a way of gauging traders’ expectations for future inflation, and the current view is that consumer-price increases over the next five years in the U.S. will average levels well below the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.
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