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Inflation has cooled a lot. So why do things still feel so expensive? (text.npr.org)
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[–] 4am@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

Also, “inflation is down” just means that it has slowed back to a more normal pace; prices aren’t gonna go down. Inflation is permanent (unless we have deflation but rich people will never allow that)