Thus, the theoretical literature on credit market frictions, finance, and growth delivers empirically testable
implications regarding the consequences of higher long-run or permanent rates of inflation.
1. Higher rates of inflation are associated with greater inflation and stock return variability.
2. Higher inflation implies less long-run financial activity. In economies with high inflation, intermediaries will
lend less and allocate capital less effectively, and equity markets will be smaller and less liquid.
3. Several inflation thresholds may characterize the relationship between inflation and financial sector conditions.
Most prominently, once inflation exceeds a critical level, incremental increases in the (long-run) rate of
inflation may have no additional impact on financial sector activity.
4. Higher long-run inflation implies lower long-run levels of real activity and/or slower long-run growth rates