I'm surprised there's not an inflation thread yet
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UPDATED: Thursday, June 11, 2026 17:04
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Originally posted by THG:
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Much Higher Interest Rates for Much, Much Longer
Yup. That's the video I've been telling you about for a few days.
This is not good news for Joe Biden* and the Democrats who were telling you that we'd have
at least 2 rate cuts before the end of the year.
SPOILER ALERT: We're probably going to have a rate increase before election day.
We definitely should, anyhow, but the question is are Democrats going to risk screwing up the
economy even worse by putting off another needed interest rate increase to try to save their
election chances?
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Originally posted by second:
Inflation continued to slow down in April from its recent surge.
Well now Kevin Drum is making up his own news since none of the Legacy Media is reporting what he wants you to think anymore.
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Why can’t prices just stay the same?
If high inflation hurts just about everyone, why can’t we have no inflation?
Over the past few years, most of the world has experienced some pretty intense inflation, with prices rising as much as 10 percent in a single year. In 2024, even though inflation rates have fallen to more manageable levels, prices are still way up and are very unlikely to come down. Which, understandably, continues to be a source of major stress for people all over the world. So why can’t prices just stay the same?
As a consumer, steady prices and zero inflation seems like the ideal: You want your purchasing power to stay the same and for your dollar today to buy you exactly the same amount as your dollar tomorrow. But even in times of global economic health and stability, governments and their central banks actively avoid letting inflation get too low. That’s because 0 percent inflation might actually end up doing more harm than good.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Also Vox,
To fix the economy, let's print money and mail it to everyone
https://www.vox.com/2014/9/9/6122517/helicopter-drop-money-print-fed-b
lyth-lonergan
Who's afraid of inflation? Not Fed Chair Janet Yellen.
https://www.vox.com/2014/8/22/6056781/whos-afraid-of-inflation-not-jan
et-yellen
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Quote:Do you realize this is a what-if discussion?
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Also Vox,
To fix the economy, let's print money and mail it to everyone
https://www.vox.com/2014/9/9/6122517/helicopter-drop-money-print-fed-b
lyth-lonergan
Quote:Here is another what-if: What if all Trumptards are converted into fertilizer? Will that help or hurt the economy? We already know that fewer Trumptards means IQs will increase, but will that be good for productivity? Will the percentage of adults in gainful employment increase? Will real estate prices decrease? What happens to interest rates?
You alluded earlier to Scott Sumner and some alternative proposals that are really all about making the current policies more extreme: more negative interest rates, more asset purchases, bigger changes in inflation expectations. There is a very legitimate case that the current policy tools are already reliant on asset price distortions. The transmission mechanism is a kind of financial instability. You drive asset prices to extremes because that's the only way to have a marginal impact on demand. What we're saying is that you could put interest rates closer to normal levels, but make cash transfers directly to stimulate demand. The financial stability point is one in favor of this set of policies.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Originally posted by second:Quote:Do you realize this is a what-if discussion?
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Also Vox,
To fix the economy, let's print money and mail it to everyone
https://www.vox.com/2014/9/9/6122517/helicopter-drop-money-print-fed-b
lyth-lonergan
A what if question from 2014. We have our answer now.
Quote:Quote:Here is another what-if: What if all Trumptards are converted into fertilizer? Will that help or hurt the economy? We already know that fewer Trumptards means IQs will increase, but will that be good for productivity? Will the percentage of adults in gainful employment increase? Will real estate prices decrease? What happens to interest rates?
You alluded earlier to Scott Sumner and some alternative proposals that are really all about making the current policies more extreme: more negative interest rates, more asset purchases, bigger changes in inflation expectations. There is a very legitimate case that the current policy tools are already reliant on asset price distortions. The transmission mechanism is a kind of financial instability. You drive asset prices to extremes because that's the only way to have a marginal impact on demand. What we're saying is that you could put interest rates closer to normal levels, but make cash transfers directly to stimulate demand. The financial stability point is one in favor of this set of policies.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Nice try. The dumbest people, both educated and otherwise, vote Democrat.
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CNN: Think corporate greed is the leading cause of inflation? Think again
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/15/business/inflation-biden-rate-fed/index
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Another Legacy Media/Democrat lie buried in the ground by one of their own.
Womp. Womp.
I guess Second can go back and find all of his posts where he said this was the cause for inflation and delete them now.
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TIPP Insights: Americans Gripped By Intense Financial Stress
All 35 demographic groups we analyze are in the "stress zone," prompting us to call it an epidemic.
https://tippinsights.com/americans-gripped-by-intense-financial-stress/
Uh Oh...
White Women are among the most financially stressed out right now.
With Democrats losing a giant share of black and Latino voters in 2024, they're going to need all the stupid white women they can get to vote for them.
Tick Tock
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Quote:I've seen the same thing all my life. Americans who are stupid as hell have always been in Intense Financial Stress. There has never been a time when the dumbest Americans were not in trouble. Meanwhile, it appears that being stupid causes inflation. This seems obvious, except to the stupid, all of whom are convinced that they are smarter than average but are being victimized:
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
TIPP Insights: Americans Gripped By Intense Financial Stress
All 35 demographic groups we analyze are in the "stress zone," prompting us to call it an epidemic.
Study suggests Republican panic caused recent inflation
The Wall Street Journal points to a fascinating study today. Three researchers took a look at recent inflation expectations among Democrats and Republicans. Here it is:
https://conference.nber.org/conf_papers/f192768.pdf
Democrats maintained relatively stable inflation expectations the entire time. By contrast, Republican inflation expectations skyrocketed literally on the day Joe Biden won the 2020 election—long before actual inflation appeared.
But that's not all. The authors say that these inflationary expectations actually turned into inflation:
We find strong positive and significant effects of inflation expectations on inflation itself.... A one percentage-point increase in 1-year or 5-year inflation expectations lead to a 1.3 or 2.3 percentage point increase in inflation, respectively.
The Journal decided to check this out, and their conclusion is that it seems to be true:
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/inflation-differs-republican-democ
rat-states-data-14800c1e?st=muuo8ulzkrjx5v4&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Every state that voted Republican has high inflation. That's fairly remarkable—though I'd feel more confident in the result if I could see this same analysis for previous elections.
If this study is correct, it means that a great deal of our recent inflationary surge was literally due to Republican hysteria over the election of Joe Biden.
More at https://jabberwocking.com/study-suggests-republican-panic-caused-recen
t-inflation/
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Originally posted by second:Quote:I've seen the same thing all my life. Americans who are stupid as hell have always been in Intense Financial Stress. There has never been a time when the dumbest Americans were not in trouble. Meanwhile, it appears that being stupid causes inflation. This seems obvious, except to the stupid, all of whom are convinced that they are smarter than average but are being victimized:
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
TIPP Insights: Americans Gripped By Intense Financial Stress
All 35 demographic groups we analyze are in the "stress zone," prompting us to call it an epidemic.
Most poor people in the country vote Democrat. Facts.
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