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> Inflation increases profits, too (but not in real dollars). [Citation needed] I find it hard to believe that corporate profits rise exactly proportional or
by malfist 3y ago
> Inflation increases profits, too (but not in real dollars).
[Citation needed]
I find it hard to believe that corporate profits rise exactly proportional or less than the inflation rate.
- myrmidon 3y agoJust compare corporate profits before and after Covid, see e.g. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/CA.PA/financials?p=CA.PA https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/CA.PA/financials?p=CA.PA Not much of a difference. Certainly nothing that looks outright malicious.
- drawkward 3y agoThat's Carrefour, not the product manufacturers. In fact, the evidence you present is completely consistent with Carrefour's assertion that they have been doing what they can to absorb the price increases taken by the product manufacturers.
- WalterBright 3y agoProfit margins stay roughly the same for the last century.