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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Jerry Bowyer: Highest Inflation Since 1982
Description: We just got the new inflation numbers and they're bad. They especially expose the spin about this inflation being a result of the Russia-Ukraine war. You see, in addition to calculating overall inflation, the government also calculates inflation without including food and energy. They call that core inflation. And it's the highest since 1982. That means that even when you strip out the two categories of goods most affected by the war, we still have a once-in-a-generation loss in the purchasing power of the dollar. It might not be so bad if wages were kee...