By Ryan McMaken
The current trend in money-supply growth is a big turnaround from the many months of depression-level contractions we saw in 2022 and 2023.
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26 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 9 Aug
https://m.stacker.news/44831
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 9 Aug
Despite the Fed's reluctance to ease, the Government's desperation to inflate led them to ramp up actual money printing, since that's a US Treasury function.
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22 sats \ 10 replies \ @Satosora 10 Aug
"As of June, the money supply appears to be, for now, in a period of stabilization."
A period of stablization, with inflation so high?
People are getting unrestful with this.
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20 sats \ 9 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 10 Aug
Prices are still catching up to the last few years worth of inflation, but at the moment the money supply isn’t changing much.
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22 sats \ 8 replies \ @Satosora 10 Aug
You would think both would change at the same time, right?
But it must be due to the amount we pushed into the market the last few years during covid.
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20 sats \ 7 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 10 Aug
A lot of prices are fairly “sticky”, including wages. It can take them a long time to catch up.
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33 sats \ 6 replies \ @Satosora 10 Aug
Its not like companies are going to give you a 10% wage increase because of inflation.
They want to maximize profits.
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20 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 10 Aug
You pretty much have to be offered another job to get that kind of raise, which is another part of this taking time.
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40 sats \ 4 replies \ @Satosora 10 Aug
Right, and when you jump between jobs, you lose out on the time you work.
Does it justify the 10%?
And usually there are more hidden drawbacks.
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20 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 10 Aug
It definitely depends, but the largest cumulative earnings gains come from changing jobs.
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