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Re:U.S. October PPI Rises 6.5% YoY, Highest in Nearly Four Y... by derektank on Friday November 13, 2026 @11:05AM (#50485524)
Can happen doesn’t mean likely to happen. Certainly disinflation in 2022-2023 raised unemployment, and it’s by far the most likely outcome of raising rates high enough to curb inflation.
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Re:U.S. October PPI Rises 6.5% YoY, Highest in Nearly Four Y... by JumpCrisscross on Friday November 13, 2026 @11:26AM (#50485834)
> Certainly disinflation in 2022-2023 raised unemployment

Sort of [1]. Labor-force participation stayed flat until federal lay-offs and tariffs hit [2].

[1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE

[2] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/civpart

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