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5. He's not the only one voting for rate hikes on the Federal Open Market Committee
Thu Mar 9, 2023, 05:10 PM
Mar 2023

apparently they all want to crash the economy, I guess.

As for inflation, the current approximately 4.5% inflation rate is something we should be happy with, I guess.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143038482#post12
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143038482#post23

It takes an incredibly long 16 years for the purchasing power of the dollar to be cut to 50 cents at that inflation rate. So what the heck. Hardship builds character.


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