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by object-a 3y ago
I will grant that the PPI and CPI are not in a clear lead-follow relationship, for composition reasons that I mentioned above and that are covered in the article you posted. However, the PPI can still be a leading indicator of the direction
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by object-a 3y ago
It is not "simping" to point out that factor prices have an impact on consumer prices. And while some companies do have (too much) pricing power, I wouldn't categorize it as unilateral and unchecked
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by object-a 3y ago
It's true, but a large gap between consumer and producer prices is hard to maintain over the long run. It is true that there are other factors which can drive inflation and rising consumer prices. However, if the recent bout of inflati
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by object-a 3y ago
CPI includes a lot of stuff that's not in PPI (including shelter and rent), so it would depend on what the components or drivers of inflation are in the CPI. If owner equivalent rent is moving lower (which it was in October), and if pr
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by object-a 3y ago
Inflation will probably never be "over", since stable inflation is generally positive for growth and employment. The Fed's target isn't for 0%, its around 2% y/y
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by object-a 3y ago
PPI is a leading indicator for CPI, since it represents what producers are paying. A falling PPI would (probably) indicate lower CPI inflation in future releases.
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by object-a 3y ago
No, but they affect consumer prices.
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by object-a 3y ago
The article is reporting that wholesale prices (measured by the PPI) have declined 0.5% Y/Y. It might take a while to affect CPI, but that would strongly suggest that inflation has reached a turning point.
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by object-a 3y ago
For most people, I suspect a plugin hybrid will be the right solution/tradeoff until the technology evolves, or charging infrastructure becomes more prevalent. Being able to do most of your local / day to day driving on electric,
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by object-a 3y ago
In the aftermath of WWII and the Korean War, the US invested significantly in rebuilding + supporting most of the rapidly industrialized countries that you've named. Western Europe, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, all received extensive ec
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by object-a 3y ago
There is probably sufficient global surplus to ensure that children do not need to work to survive. As described in the article, companies that control supply chains can squeeze suppliers so that all the surplus accumulates in wealthier cou
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by object-a 3y ago
My question back would be: why _is_ child labor the only alternative to extreme poverty or starvation? Why can't adults be paid a sufficient wage to avoid starvation, or why can't our society provide for these children without req
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by object-a 3y ago
Both Meta and Uber have a much better claim and progress towards being an everything app.
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by object-a 3y ago
Is the issue that burglars are getting arrested and then having the charges dropped? Or is the issue that they are not being arrested in the first place? The article provides no data, so it's unclear if this measure will actually help.
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by object-a 3y ago
Is that true for the newer versions they’ve launched, since he left GitHub?
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by object-a 3y ago
> The problem is that users pay $10 a month subscription fee for Copilot but, according to a source interviewed by the Journal, Microsoft lost an average of $20 per user during the first few months of this year. Some users cost the compa
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by object-a 3y ago
> Infectious material used in procedures with a potential for creating aerosols or splashes, or used in high concentrations or large volumes, must be handled in an annually certified biosafety cabinet.
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by object-a 3y ago
I think very few people make the decision primarily based on the stove provided.
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by object-a 3y ago
COVID is only BSL-3. China has over 100 of those, so the odds of a city center being near a lab is much higher. If COVID had an incubation period of a 1-2 weeks, it's also possible for the outbreak to occur in a city center that is not
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by object-a 3y ago
The theory (and even wilder ones, like COVID being a bioweapon) were reported all through 2020 on Fox News and other media sources. It wasn't a silent theory. There were a lot of crazier theories about China manufacturing COVID as a bi
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by object-a 3y ago
I don't blame people for doubting either, especially because it was mixed in with assertions on the right that COVID was a bioweapon gone rogue. My point isn't whether it's credible, just that one of the most powerful people
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by object-a 3y ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52496098
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by object-a 3y ago
Until a cause is completely identified, there will always be "reason to believe". That doesn't mean that it's the most likely source or the most reasonable hypothesis. The President was also claiming the virus came from
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by object-a 3y ago
The President of the United States was claiming that COVID was engineered in China as early as May 2020. I don't know how someone can claim they weren't allowed to talk about it.
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by object-a 3y ago
How is this calculated? Is this (#divorces/#marriages)? If so, you could get a really high rate if the number of marriages has dropped significantly, but divorces remain constant. In other words, it may not mean 94% chance of divorcing
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by object-a 3y ago
That’s true, but if you shipped code that caused ecological damage due to a failure to follow correct procedures, there would be corrective measures. For example: - You might not be allowed to ship code without oversight - You might have to
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by object-a 3y ago
Not only did this rocket not make it close to the stars, the damage could have been prevented by following fire diversion best practices. It's even possible that the rocker exploded because they failed to follow those practices
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by object-a 3y ago
Don't know why you're being downvoted -- there are parts of Chicago that are 2x as dense as San Francisco, and parts that are less than 1/10th as dense. The denser parts of Chicago hold about the same number of people as San
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by object-a 3y ago
There is already a much better metric for calculating your probability of being a victim of a crime within a city -- it's the per-capita crime rate.

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