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Re:U.S. annual inflation rate drops to 8.5% by werdnapk on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @10:19AM (#32412398)
Deflation can occur; it's rare, but it's not a never scenario.
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Re:U.S. annual inflation rate drops to 8.5% by RC_ITR on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @12:41PM (#32414858)
It has never occurred for more than a few months in The past 50 years and has never returned to a new equilibrium below where it was.

This is also a data resolution problem. Sure we measure in months, but is that a reasonable resolution? Why not days? Years? Etc.

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