Modern Day Hyperinflation

Discussion in 'Economics' started by zdreg, Feb 18, 2024.

Is hyperinflation coming to the US in the next 8 years?

  1. Yes

    6 vote(s)
    35.3%
  2. No

    10 vote(s)
    58.8%
  3. ET goes behind a firewall and charges people

    2 vote(s)
    11.8%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. tomkat22

    tomkat22

    Not really,no. Not when I see the homeless rate rising every year. People struggle to pay for even the basic necessities in life,like rent. Inflation got rolling about 25 years ago and has snowballed ever since. I remember bitching about having to pay .35 for a Snickers bar. Now they're well over a dollar.Shrinklation is just an insidious form of inflation.
     
    #21     Feb 18, 2024
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  2. S2007S

    S2007S

    No way would the US be able to handle such a situation as hyperinflation, a cpi at 5 6 7% was impossible for most in the US to handle....

    Hey the fed magically got cpi down from 9% to 3% in a handful of months, no need to worry as they would work even more magic if we encountered hyperinflation mode. So no need to panic
    ...sheesh
     
    #22     Feb 18, 2024
  3. S2007S

    S2007S


    Shrinkflatiom has been around for a long long long time. I noticed this well before the term went mainstream, I do shop and look at details and numbers and prices, unlike the soccer moms who haven't a clue on what anything cost, who buy $238 bucks or 3 bags of food on their husband's dime....
     
    #23     Feb 18, 2024
  4. kashirin

    kashirin

    isn't some form of economic genocide against Venezuela by USA? Sanctions for misbehaviour?
     
    #24     Feb 18, 2024
  5. maxinger

    maxinger

    Some items are suffering from Hyper deflation
    eg
    corn
    soya
    Natural gas

    The manufacturers / suppliers are sweating blood.
     
    #25     Feb 18, 2024
  6. notagain

    notagain

    Vote for RFK Jr or Trump if you want to prevent O' Biden's dream of a totalitarian welfare state.
     
    #26     Feb 18, 2024
  7. zdreg

    zdreg

    Sanctions is not economic genocide, Are you an apologist for the Maduro dictatorship of VE? Do you believe the Israelis are committing genocide in Gaza. Speak up so we can understand your politics/economics?
     
    Last edited: Feb 18, 2024
    #27     Feb 18, 2024
  8. Dude, that's roughly (72/30) 2.4% inflation. That's perfectly fine cause your salary most certainly grew by more.
     
    #28     Feb 18, 2024
  9. zdreg

    zdreg

    #29     Feb 18, 2024
  10. tomkat22

    tomkat22

    I would venture to guess that 2.4 far outpaced annual salary growth for that same period. My salary damn sure didn't see that kind of growth and I bet a lot of other Americans didn't either.
     
    #30     Feb 18, 2024