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00e2112f | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @43d7c4ea 
I can't help but view recent inflation as a mix of large companies using it as cover for #PriceGouging and small companies trying to survive. 

But *everyone* must play this game because one of the absolute essentials in every business (eg power) is *still* double the prior cost.

I don't buy "supply chain disruption" as a cause since that was with us since 2020 (even worse). 

IMO the #FossilFuel companies are extorting the world economy ...again
#EnergyIndependenceIsGreen
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064cbacb | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @419623b4 @43d7c4ea 
40% is domestic profits. 46% is import (energy) price hikes.

Small companies aren't surviving.

https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2023/06/26/europes-inflation-outlook-depends-on-how-corporate-profits-absorb-wage-gains