Do you have a link?

The only good Central Bank is no Central Bank at all.

Treasuries could quite easily issue credit directly under the supervision of a Monetary Authority, with no interest charged, but with a payment into a default fund for the use of a Government Guarantee, and a payment for administration payable to Credit Managers formerly known as Banks.

It's not Rocket Science: but it is the disintermediating logic of the Internet.

To paraphrase John Gilmour's great quote re Censorship:

"The Internet interprets Banks as Damage and routes around them...."

"The future is already here -- it's just not very evenly distributed" William Gibson

I recently read Piketty's Les Hauts Revenus en France, where he made the point that with rent control, and wage rise easily given to those that'd become too poor because of inflation, inflation was a big part of reducing inequality during the 20's...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

The Banks are more concerned with providing a guaranteed higher interest rate for their customers and true owners than any their stated reasons of higher inflation rates.

Besides housing mortgage interest costs; there isn't any underlying significant inflation and housing costs are decreased by lower inflation rates; not higher rates.

As a social progressive; I am surprised you would be taken in by the central banks stated reasons and not look at the true underlying pressures from the 'elites' which control the banks.

I've heard many times the "inflation hurts the poor most" bit, but no one saying this ever cared to provide a link to a decent study.

Do you have one?

As pointed out by Lucas below, some studies point out that the poor were doing better thanks to inflation.

(And of course you know my opinion on the current obscure process of inflation measurement)