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Re:U.S. October PPI Rises 6.5% YoY, Highest in Nearly Four Y... by hgomersall on Friday November 13, 2026 @12:28PM (#50486719)
That might be the case, but those large construction projects being paused means someone losing their job. We're literally paying people to make people unemployed.
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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 @12:44PM (#50487017)
> those large construction projects being paused means someone losing their job

Sometimes. Sometimes it shuffles them to other work, often less resource-intensive work. There is a lot of latent demand for construction.

We have precedence for supply shocks being cooled by rate hikes without causing an unemployment spike.

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