a hedge against inflation

基本解释

For many years, the conventional wisdom insisted that stocks were a hedge against inflation.
多年来，传统智慧坚持认为股票是对通货膨胀的对冲。
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Investors consider it a hedge against inflation, an attractive quality amid a swelling budget deficit and increased government spending.
投资人认为黄金可以防止通货膨胀，在预算赤字不断扩大和政府开支增加期间独具吸金特质。
Forbes website has an article that notices how Chinese people are investing more in gold as a hedge against inflation.
福布斯网站的一篇文章关注中国人为什么投资黄金。

And if the future is Japanese-style stagnation, there will be no demand for a hedge against inflation.
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It used to be that gold bugs touted the yellow metal's credentials as a hedge against inflation.
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Since equities are a claim on corporate revenues, surely they ought to be a hedge against inflation risk?
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