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by talentedcoin 1784 days ago
For what it’s worth, the unusually large increase in inflation as measured by CPI seems to be at least partially due to base effects:

https://www.dallasfed.org/research/economics/2021/0513

Long story short, we are comparing year-on-year when last year was itself almost as unusual as can be.

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It's kinda like the 3.5% GDP growth in Germany being celebrated by politicians. Guys... we had -5% growth last year...