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Re:U.S. Economy Shrinks at 4.8% Pace, Signaling Start of Rec... by icelancer on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @11:40AM (#23020508)
There was also biflation in the market, as many people have somewhat alluded to - tech stocks and specific sectors have exploded while others have collapsed. There has been a significant redistribution of alpha even if the total losses came in under what they expected.
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Re:U.S. Economy Shrinks at 4.8% Pace, Signaling Start of Rec... by drcode on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @11:55AM (#23020684)
"biflation" now there's a term I need to add to my vocabulary.
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Re:U.S. Economy Shrinks at 4.8% Pace, Signaling Start of Rec... by icelancer on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @09:13PM (#23026473)
The canonical example are the wild changes to the CPI buckets:

https://howmuch.net/articles/price-changes-in-usa-in-past-20...

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