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  • JollyJ Offline
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    Jolly
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    Yellen.

    https://confoundedinterest.net/2024/01/30/captain-obvious-award-goes-to-treasury-secretary-yellen-who-admits-high-prices-here-to-stay-food-cpi-up-21-gasoline-prices-up-38-under-inflation-joe-home-prices-up-33-2-mortgage-rates/

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      Did anyone really expect deflation?

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        Did anyone really expect deflation?

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        @xenon said in Captain Obvious:

        Did anyone really expect deflation?

        No, I dont think so. Deflation is mostly a bad thing. People hold off buying things, expecting the price to continue to drop. The effects productions, factories, stores, etc.

        It is a bad cycle downward.

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          I remember in the late 70s and early 80s when it was said the average new home would cost $80,000. I thought they were insane.

          "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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            I wouldn't mind a little deflation. It would be nice to buy a fast food meal that costs less than 10 bucks. Wages have not kept up with price increases, tuition increases, mortgage/rent increases... I'm half-joking, but really this screws over those with lower incomes more than anyone. And when rates go down and house prices jump even more... ouch. But I could be wrong.

            Side note: The actor who plays Captain Obvious in those Captain Morgan commercials? I met him once at a Nationals baseball game.

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