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Re:U.S. inflation cools again, giving Fed room to downshift ... by UncleMeat on Thursday January 12, 2023 @10:52AM (#34355352)
So? The federal reserve would have to have a very different mandate for it to make policy based off of a basket optimized for public health. I'm sorry that your personal food prices are higher. I just don't see why it matters at scale.
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Re:U.S. inflation cools again, giving Fed room to downshift ... by tarboreus on Thursday January 12, 2023 @11:21AM (#34355882)
Great, the price of ramen noodles and curved screen TVs is stable. Thanks, Fed, time to set interest rates at -1% for the next ten years of whacky growth.
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Re:U.S. inflation cools again, giving Fed room to downshift ... by roywiggins on Thursday January 12, 2023 @12:29PM (#34357281)
Low inflation doesn't mean everything is fine, it just means that you don't have exponentially inflating prices on top of whatever other problems you've got.
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