• @njm1314
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    1017 days ago

    We were living paycheck to paycheck before that inflation boom too.

    • @Maggoty
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      516 days ago

      But it’s also because inflation is a measurement of velocity, not a static indicator. If you have a year with ten percent inflation, that doesn’t go away without deflation happening and the finance industry would rather nuke the stock exchange than allow deflation.