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@russellwadey Inflation as the Price-Level Representation of Claim Dilution

"If equity exists on the macro balance sheet, then inflation is the logical and empirical representation of claim dilution — i.e., the price-level adjustment that reconciles expanding nominal claims with real output." Image
@russellwadey When the total stock of nominal claims expands more rapidly than real output, the purchasing power of each existing claim declines. Image
@russellwadey Thus, if equity exists on the balance sheet, inflation is the arithmetic reconciliation of nominal claim expansion with real output. Image
@russellwadey Inflation therefore emerges not from excess demand but from excess nominal claims relative to real output. Image
@russellwadey the price-level adjustment that reconciles expanding nominal claims with real output. Image
@russellwadey Bayesian Confidence Assessment — “Inflation as Claim Dilution” Image
@russellwadey Evidence Layers Image
Given supply = demand (aggregate identity), the only independent macro variable is the composition of financial claims.
If equity exists, the system must periodically dilute claims via price-level adjustment.
Inflation is therefore not contingent but structurally necessary in a balance-sheet economy.Image
@russellwadey Where equity exists as a residual claim, the dilution of those claims is mathematically equivalent to inflation. Image
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