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minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 days ago Fed chair Jay Powell said last month that slowing jobs growth could offset the inflationary impact of Trump’s sweeping tariffs regime. That’s not how price gouging works.
minus-squarejacksilver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoI mean, you can only gouge so much. Sure groceries and essentials can do crazy things, but people stop buying stuff when they have no money/job.
minus-squareMagicShel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoPrices aren’t going up because people are just starving and going homeless instead of buying. Poor people hate this one weird trick!
That’s not how price gouging works.
I mean, you can only gouge so much. Sure groceries and essentials can do crazy things, but people stop buying stuff when they have no money/job.
Prices aren’t going up because people are just starving and going homeless instead of buying.
Poor people hate this one weird trick!