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sprinkleeninow

(20,648 posts) Fri Sep 23, 2022, 10:13 PM Sep 2022

I just saw where the '23 COLA for SS recipients was adjusted down from last [View all]

tentative percentage bc inflation number was not as high as expected???

So whut? We have inflation? We don't have serious inflation?

The Fed monetary policy from the stone age is wrecking our economy that didn't seem all that bad. Better not screw up the November vote for us.

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I just saw where the '23 COLA for SS recipients was adjusted down from last [View all] sprinkleeninow Sep 2022 OP

Last I saw was GP6971 Sep 2022 #1

In August, some sources were projecting as much as 9.1% Fiendish Thingy Sep 2022 #3

Yes, up in the low 9% range. sprinkleeninow Sep 2022 #5

Do you mean the COLA or inflation? sprinkleeninow Sep 2022 #4

Is this a fabrication? (I bolded the part that irks me.) sprinkleeninow Sep 2022 #7

Yes, tell the "easing of inflation" to my grocery bill! ShazzieB Sep 2022 #13

I venture to say the Federal Reserve is talking malarkey. sprinkleeninow Sep 2022 #14

What number have you seen? brush Sep 2022 #2

I hesitated to post link bc it's frix business news: sprinkleeninow Sep 2022 #6

Raise ssi I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2022 #8

u r correct regarding the CPI. sprinkleeninow Sep 2022 #9

I remember one year the COLA sucked bc the 'experts' determined there was little to no inflation. sprinkleeninow Sep 2022 #10

What makes these penny pinching I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2022 #11

I feel the power goes to their head. They have the ability to dictate. sprinkleeninow Sep 2022 #12