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human
Can a country print money to a certain degree, without it leading to inflation?

Let's say a country wants to improve its educational system.  Could it just pay the teachers higher wages, to attract more professional workers, and print money to renovate or build new schools? Would that lead to inflation?
gpt
The answer is yes, but not in the way you mention.

Most economies grow over time. That growth is a deflationary force. All else being equal it pushes prices down.

That can be offset by the long-term inflationary force of money creation. So, it is possible for a country to steadily create new money with a long-run inflation rate that is close to zero.

However, kelkokelko is correct that funding things like building schools through money creation is a bad idea. In developed countries money creation is generally deal with by Central Bank. Those organizations are quasi-autonomous. The helps deal with the problem that politicians often want to reduce interest rates to increase their own short-term popularity.