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Inflation has cooled a lot. So why do things still feel so expensive? (text.npr.org)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 54 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Because once the prices go up, they don't fall again without corporations reducing the costs. Inflation, real or not, caused things to go up - corporate greed causes them to stay there and we have very little we can do about it.

[โ€“] BakedGoods 3 points 9 months ago

A lot of stores have actually reduced cost. Still raised prices though because that's their job.