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Re:U.S. annual inflation rate drops to 8.5% by setuids on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @01:08PM (#32415327)
It would be the 3rd derivative. Inflation is the first (rate of change of prices). The increase of Inflation is the second (rate of change of inflation). Therefore the decrease of the increase of inflation is the third
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Re:U.S. annual inflation rate drops to 8.5% by jjcon on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @07:02PM (#32419537)
Oh that makes sense, inflation being first deriv is what I wasn’t catching. Thank you.
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