• Cruxifux@feddit.nl
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    1 month ago

    I don’t think either of them will on any meaningful level, if at all. Maybe I’m just jaded but I haven’t seen cost of living go down in my lifetime, and I blame the infinite growth economic model. If a politician isn’t willing to make concrete steps towards moving away from that then I don’t imagine anything will be done about inflation.

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      1 month ago

      The federal reserve’s interest rates are good chunk of what’s going to determine inflation. Trump wants to gut their independence and force them to cut interest rates to near zero. That will make inflation explode

      Mwanwhile the current administration is finally actually going after big monopolies after decades of inaction. Will take more time to go through the courts but that can bring down prices in some industries too. Do you think trump will really continue that or stop the lawsuits the minute he gets power?

      Other Trump plans are extremely inflationary as well. He plans to put massive tarrifs on a lot of goods. His plans to do deportations that include US citizens will also raise prices too