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How come we experience so much more inflation than deflation? in other words, why does our buying power decrease far more often than it increases?
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this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
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So what should I call it when my food budget balloons, because the grocery stores are calling it inflation?
Most likely "greedflation" 😅