• OpenStars@discuss.online
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    4 months ago

    But isn’t that just explaining the reason behind the inflation? Prices went up, at that time merely called a “spike”, due to supply chain constraints. Followed by not merely statically keeping those prices but increasing them further still, aka greedflation. But together they fulfill the standard definition:

    In economics, inflation is a general increase in the prices of goods and services in an economy.

    So I would not agree with the word “never”, and therefore am not sure what you are trying to say.

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      4 months ago

      That’s true. It’s still inflation by definition. Typically when people refer to economic inflation, it’s the expected increase in the cost of goods and services year over year. The standard inflation rate in the US is typically between two and three percent. Referring to this as inflation can imply to some that it’s tied to the standard increase. I’ll edit to include the word standard for clarity.