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[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 33 points 2 years ago

Inflation cooling is "things getting worse, less fast", not "things returning to how they were."

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Seeing as the government considers deflation to be not an option, the only practical fix to the crisis is a general wage gain across the entire workforce equivalent to the inflation we've been seeing the past couple of years. More, really, seeing as inequality had been growing prior to the pandemic as well. Prices are not going to go down. And if deflation is threatening to occur, the government will move heaven and earth to stop that from happening. Ergo, wages need to go up.

Or maybe we could move away from this irrational system, but one step at a time, I suppose.

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In the US, the fed's stated strategy is to keep wages down. It does not have a lot of tools to deal with inflation, so it raises interest rates to inhibit growth until inflation is under control- the "soft landing." Legislation is needed in order to handle this problem, because wages will quickly be absorbed by increasing prices unless we can capture corporate profits with progressive taxation. I imagine the situation is similar in Canada but I'm not well aware. Remember to vote.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

Inflation isn't cooling... the government is just trying to say it is.

[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We're all slaves to corporate profits. Companies have become our religion.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don't gods usually promise some kind of reword for observation?

[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

No you get the fucking stick!

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Religion? No. Monarchs? Yes.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with:


"We have seen the annual rate of inflation has started to come down, but that doesn't mean that the level of prices is not [still] unaffordable for a lot of people," said CIBC senior economist Andrew Grantham.

Rents may now be the biggest concern on the Canadian inflation front," wrote BMO's chief economist Douglas Porter.

August to September data highlights how impactful even a minor rate increase is on affordability," said James Laird, co-CEO of Ratehub.ca and president of CanWise mortgage lender.

Consumers and especially businesses surveyed by the Bank of Canada say the full weight of all those rate hikes has yet to fully hit the economy.

Karl Schamotta, the chief market strategist of the financial payments company Corpay, says many experts believe Canada is headed for a soft landing (a scenario where the economy slows enough to get inflation under control but not so much that it slips into a recession).

Grantham says if we really are through the worst of the inflation crisis, then maybe the Bank of Canada can start gradually lowering borrowing costs.


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[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Grantham says if we really are through the worst of the inflation crisis, then maybe the Bank of Canada can start gradually lowering borrowing costs.

Pretty much no central bank ever lowers rates early enough to prevent a recession. The US has been teasing the tip of one for a year now, with rates going up. By the time they react and lower rates it will be way too late.