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title: Inflation's Impact on Risky Asset Prices
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/5094299/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 5094299
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5094299
featured: 2025-01-15
citations: unknown
topic: Asset Pricing & Factors
---


# Inflation's Impact on Risky Asset Prices

A study using inflation swap prices shows that inflation sensitivity changes over time, with good inflation decreasing corporate credit spreads and increasing equity values, while bad inflation can have the reverse impact.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5094299
- Identifier: SSRN 5094299
- Released: 2025-01-13
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 82 (2025-01-15): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-01-15/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Asset Pricing & Factors

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