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Wounded Bear

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12. But they ignored the second mandate...

Reply to riverine (Reply #11)

Sat Apr 20, 2019, 10:32 AM

Apr 2019

the one that addresses wages and incomes.

And yes, Trump's nominees would probably finally initiate the 2d Great Depression they were so sad that we avoided in 2008.

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Did Capitalism Kill Inflation? The disappearance of the age-old bogeyman confounds central banke [View all] applegrove Apr 2019 OP

When mainstay food and energy are removed from the equation, democratisphere Apr 2019 #1

Don't forget wage deflation. Drahthaardogs Apr 2019 #2

The value of a dollar ain't. democratisphere Apr 2019 #3

Food and energy are not in an inflationary cycle at all. riverine Apr 2019 #5

The grocery stores I go to sure didn't get your no inflation memo. democratisphere Apr 2019 #6

If you buy food in small packages you are getting ripped off riverine Apr 2019 #7

That's household inflation, the only kind that is real and matters. democratisphere Apr 2019 #9

No one is playing with the numbers riverine Apr 2019 #14

Numbers are touted with much fanfare one month only to be democratisphere Apr 2019 #15

Not right now they aren't -- but they were for quite a few years. And some food prices Nay Apr 2019 #10

Right. Once you strip out the traditional marybourg Apr 2019 #4

Inflation does exist. Just compare your last pay rise (if any) to your food shopping costs BSdetect Apr 2019 #8

The real answer to this inflation question is that the Federal Reserve has done an excellent job riverine Apr 2019 #11

But they ignored the second mandate... Wounded Bear Apr 2019 #12

No, the second mandate is maximum employment riverine Apr 2019 #13