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Re:Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant un... by folli on Thursday September 30, 2021 @02:18PM (#28709361)
Any proof that there's a significant inflation ongoing?
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Re:Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant un... by puzzlingcaptcha on Thursday September 30, 2021 @03:11PM (#28710088)
Well, since January the US CPI rose by 4.4% and there are still 4 months to go (September data is released in two weeks). The Fed target is ~2%.

That's before you get into whether the official number is underestimated (e.g homeowner's equivalent rent, which is a quarter of the CPI basket). Is it significant? Maybe, maybe not.

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Re:Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant un... by oblio on Thursday September 30, 2021 @03:13PM (#28710104)
Inflation is growing everywhere. You can't have a crisis and then dump that much money without inflation happening.

Besides CPI, the main inflation is actually asset inflation. Look at the huge stock, real estate, etc. price booms since 2020.

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Re:Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant un... by 88840-8855 on Thursday September 30, 2021 @02:25PM (#28709453)
CPI in Germany
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