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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Mar 31, 2025, 02:56 PM Monday

The s-word rippling through Wall Street and Main Street

Economic growth has flatlined so far this year. Inflation has picked up. And consumers expect both to get worse in the months ahead.

Why it matters: For the moment, it adds up to Wall Street's least-favorite "s-word," stagflation — stagnant growth mixed with elevated inflation.

That pattern, most vividly seen in the 1970s, is particularly painful because it means people experience pain from both lack of job opportunities and higher prices.

It also leaves the Fed and other economic policymakers with less ability to cushion the blow because a move that might address one side of the problem could worsen the other.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-s-word-rippling-through-wall-street-and-main-street/ar-AA1BWugS

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The s-word rippling through Wall Street and Main Street (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday OP
I was thinking of another word that begins with "s" rzemanfl Monday #1
I was thinking of a word that begins with "s" and ends in "storm". flor-de-jasmim Monday #2
Show would work too. rzemanfl Monday #4
Mr Mango "I don't care is if prices go up just buy cars" Jebus, you are a stagflation bomb. marble falls Monday #3
It is coming. dalton99a Tuesday #5
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