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Re:Why the 2% Inflation Target? (2023) by analog31 on Friday March 22, 2024 @08:02PM (#39796107)
Ah, but if inflation is underreported with a 2% target, it's also likely to be underreported with a 0% target.

On the other side, fiscal hawks have an incentive to overreport inflation.

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Re:Why the 2% Inflation Target? (2023) by bsdpufferfish on Friday March 22, 2024 @09:56PM (#39796782)
fiscal hawks, like who? and with what power?
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