Viktor Shvets on Inflation and How Crypto Could Cause the Next Financial Crisis

Cryptocurrencies are listed on the Gemini exchange website arranged in Singapore, on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Junkfish Pte Founder and Director Adam Dart, whose family owns a semiconductor business, is just one of millions of investors going it alone as banks largely shy away from cryptocurrencies. Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg , Bloomberg

Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg News

May 10, 2021

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What will the economy really look like when things normalize? Lots of people are, of course, anticipating a sustained rise in inflation, even beyond this burst in prices right now. Our guest this week is skeptical. We speak about the new landscape with Viktor Shvets, a Managing Director at Macquarie, on why he doesn't see the disinflationary trends changing anytime soon. He also argues that the next crisis could originate in the mania for cryptocurrencies.

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