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2023-09-18 07:29:02

L 0 K 1 on Nostr: This is ~14.4% average inflation over the last 8 years. ...

This is ~14.4% average inflation over the last 8 years.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/06/hyperinflation-inflation-interest-rate/

According to the WEF, inflation "may reach" "10%"...

uh huh. Fucking liars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation#Definition

The International Accounting Standards Board has issued guidance on accounting rules in a hyperinflationary environment. It does not establish an absolute rule on when hyperinflation arises, but instead lists factors that indicate the existence of hyperinflation:[9]The general population prefers to keep its wealth in non-monetary assets or in a relatively stable foreign currency. Amounts of local currency held are immediately invested to maintain purchasing power;The general population regards monetary amounts not in terms of the local currency but in terms of a relatively stable foreign currency. Prices may be quoted in that currency;Sales and purchases on credit take place at prices that compensate for the expected loss of purchasing power during the credit period, even if the period is short;Interest rates, wages, and prices are linked to a price index; andThe cumulative inflation rate over three years approaches, or exceeds, 100%.

By this definition above, we are in hyperinflation already at 14%

1.144 ^ 3 = 2.74

That's 270% in the last 3 years taken on the average from the last 8 years.

In actual fact, starting in 2020, the inflation rate has been more than double that. I remember noticing it was happening already in 2019, seeing price mismatch at a supermarket in Shumen, Bulgaria, that had more than 30% between the shelf label and the sticker on the products, which couldn't have been more than a year, absolute worst case scenario.

Gm nostriches!

scrolling through my old photos, I encountered one that I took at a gas station of a panini. I took it to send it to my girlfriend, waiting in the car for me to buy something to eat during a trip.

It was 2,70€ back in 2015. Mind you, it was a simple panini with grilled vegetables, nothing more.

This summer we went on a trip and we stopped at a gas station, that was the same franchise as the one of that photo (Tavola Amica for my italian friends).
The same damn panini, with the same ingredients now costs 7,90€.

These days, gas price floats between 1,95 and 2,10€/liter (for my american friends this means 7,90~8,50 dollars per gallon).

This is when I recognize that they are winning.

For now.

Pura Vida!

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