U.S. consumer inflation up 6.8% in past year, most since 1982

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4 thoughts on “U.S. consumer inflation up 6.8% in past year, most since 1982

    1. For the record, St. Ronnie was president in 1982, when inflation was 6.1%. (And in 1981, when it was 10.3%.) Both of those years we were in a recession, with unemployment at 8.5% in 1981 and 10.8% in 1982…so wages weren’t rising to keep up with inflation.

      To answer the eternal St. Ronnie question: we’re better off today.

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