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Economy

Trexmaster

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7. 2020s... not 2010s, or before

Reply to progree (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 04:16 AM

Mar 21

Right... compared to 2010s?
Pre-economic crisis?
'90s?

The purchasing power isn't there anymore and I can't find any economist (unless it's under lock n' key) to erode that inert inflation that we're stuck with.

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Make me understand... Inflation is here to stay - why? [View all] Trexmaster Mar 20 OP

infinite growth Be Leave On Mar 20 #1

Inflation depends on private pricing power, and usually demand. bucolic_frolic Mar 20 #2

Private pricing power & demand power Trexmaster Mar 21 #5

i'm not sure if you're asking why prices rarely go down ever, or why we're currently experiencing stubborn inflation unblock Mar 20 #3

No heterodox solutions? Trexmaster Mar 21 #6

The CPI for the last 13 months - progree Mar 20 #4

2020s... not 2010s, or before Trexmaster Mar 21 #7

For looking at inflation all the way back to 1947 -- progree Mar 21 #8