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Re:Alphabet Earnings Report Q3 2022 [pdf] by BillSaysThis on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @04:49PM (#33335980)
> Now, we are having inflation due to all those stimulus checks that forced central banks to hike interest rates.

Stimulus checks are not causing inflation. Corporations raising prices to increase profits are causing inflation.

Re:Alphabet Earnings Report Q3 2022 [pdf] by murderfs on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @05:17PM (#33336295)
Corporations raising prices that people are more willing to pay because they have more available spending money because of all of those stimulus checks...
Re:Alphabet Earnings Report Q3 2022 [pdf] by nicksrose7224 on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @04:54PM (#33336042)
inflation is a giant beast with multiple causes, one of which is definitely stimulus. There are others too, including the cause you listed. Most things have multiple causes
Re:Alphabet Earnings Report Q3 2022 [pdf] by unicornmama on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @06:00PM (#33336714)
What changed? Corporations who raise prices to increase profits isn’t exactly a revolutionary never before seen business strategy.
Re:Alphabet Earnings Report Q3 2022 [pdf] by mr_toad on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @11:15PM (#33339393)
> Corporations raising prices to increase profits

Well, not Alphabet.