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Inflation erased U.S. income gains last year

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177 points JumpCrisscross | 1 comments | 09 Sep 25 19:44 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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argentinian ◴[09 Sep 25 22:18 UTC] No.45190101[source]▶
Do people in the U.S. have a good understanding of the causes of inflation?
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throw__away7391 ◴[09 Sep 25 22:45 UTC] No.45190440[source]▶
People in the US believe that if inflation eases, for example from 4% to 3%, that means that prices are going to go back down to what they used to be before inflation started rising. They furthermore believe that if that does not happen it is proof that the media is lying.
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1. _--__--__ ◴[09 Sep 25 23:13 UTC] No.45190771[source]▶
Politicians love communicating about 2nd and 3rd derivatives of prices and debt in ways that even mathematically literate people have trouble immediately interpreting. There's a famous quote about Nixon doing it but it's honestly the current standard mode from all sides trying to avoid blame for the state of the deficit and monetary supply.