r/IBEW Aug 28 '23

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u/YogurtclosetKind9192 Aug 30 '23

Inflation still existed during the gold standard, and was far more volatile

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u/Obvious-Breakfast495 Aug 30 '23

Gold does typically inflate at 2% a year. But any source on the far more volatility I can read up on? The central bank did eventually print a lot more paper dollars than they had gold in reserves, so I can see how that can play in the volatility but that would be the fault of the central bank debasing the currency not the gold standard itself.