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Annual US inflation falls to 3-year low, clearing the way for the Fed to begin cutting rates (apnews.com)

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Year-over-year inflation reached its lowest level in more than three years in July, the latest sign that the worst price spike in four decades is fading and setting up the Federal Reserve for an interest rate cut in September.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Inflation isn't inherently bad: an overheated economy, which is the result of inflation, is. This is basically where we are right now. Had the fed not gotten cold feet when they halted the rate increases we'd be in a far better position right now (sans a few banks with bad balance sheets.)

The fiat currency discussion gets murky quickly as most everything's value is relative and derived from something else's value. Crypto is no different and arguably has its own set of issues.

Ultimately regardless of the currency we as a world introduced a ton of what should have been temporary wealth during the COVID period into the markets to save lives and businesses. That money needs to go away to restore balance to the economies. This means a negative inflation rate, or put differently, deflation.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

But deflation is a boogeyman according to them and they do not want that to occur and strive to do everything in their powers to prevent it.