Collective Conscious

19Nov/090

Hot Air worries that "instead of real growth, we have inflation." This in response to news that core inflation rose by 0.2%. I wonder if they have any idea how reassuring a signal inflation really is, since earlier this year deflation (and corresponding statistics) was a viable fear?

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