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Explaining the inflation rate (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

They think people are too dumb to understand that zero is not the target for inflation. They want to make the good news they're reporting sound like good news.

You can disagree with their approach, but where they're coming from makes sense. After all, the OP in the screenshot exists.