EspiritdescaliMA to FuturologyEnglish · 3 years agoYoung parents in Baltimore are getting $1,000 a month, no strings attached, a deal so good some 'thought it was a scam'www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down12
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkYoung parents in Baltimore are getting $1,000 a month, no strings attached, a deal so good some 'thought it was a scam'www.businessinsider.comEspiritdescaliMA to FuturologyEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-23 years ago Inflation hasn’t been 6-7% for three years 2021: 7% 2022: 6.5% 2023: 6% Source: https://www.investopedia.com/inflation-rate-by-year-7253832 But what you’re saying is just wrong, or exaggerated based on your personal experience. Okay
minus-squareKevonLooney@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 years agoYou missed this: as of February So you are looking at an old article that only references the first two months of the year. If you check the actual BLS website, you’ll see something very different: https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-price-index-by-category-line-chart.htm You just went to Google and clicked the first link you saw. That’s why I told you to read more.
2021: 7%
2022: 6.5%
2023: 6%
Source: https://www.investopedia.com/inflation-rate-by-year-7253832
Okay
You missed this:
So you are looking at an old article that only references the first two months of the year. If you check the actual BLS website, you’ll see something very different:
https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-price-index-by-category-line-chart.htm
You just went to Google and clicked the first link you saw. That’s why I told you to read more.