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On Tuesday, we learned that inflation decelerated to an annual rate of 6.4% in January, down from 6.5% in December.
In total, inflation has now risen 16.2% since December 2019. For comparison, the entire 2010s decade saw total inflation rise 18.75%.
That means if a given worker hasn't seen their income rise at least 16.2% since December 2019, in economic terms at least, their "real" wages have fallen. For many Americans, it amounts to losing a significant chunk of purchasing power. It's also why some workers feel like they're falling behind even as raises keep rolling in.
How many Americans fall into that camp? A lot.
Macroeconomic policy analyst Lida Weinstock recently wrote in a Congressional Research Service report that real wages, or wages that have been adjusted for inflation, have been declining since 2021. That's despite nominal wages (i.e. wages which have not been adjusted for inflation) having increased 13.4% during that span.
While "real" wage declines might be bad news for Americans' short-term budgets, they could be seen as good news at the Fed.
"Negative real wage growth might slow down demand for goods and services and could potentially help the Fed with cooling down the economy in the coming months," Sinem Buber, lead economist at ZipRecruiter, tells Fortune.
The reason? If wage growth were to accelerate significantly it could signal the start of a wage-price spiral, in which wage growth and improved demand create a feedback loop that continues to send inflation upward.
https://fortune.com/2023/02/15/your-raise-might-be-a-pay-cut-inflation/
In total, inflation has now risen 16.2% since December 2019. For comparison, the entire 2010s decade saw total inflation rise 18.75%.
That means if a given worker hasn't seen their income rise at least 16.2% since December 2019, in economic terms at least, their "real" wages have fallen. For many Americans, it amounts to losing a significant chunk of purchasing power. It's also why some workers feel like they're falling behind even as raises keep rolling in.
How many Americans fall into that camp? A lot.
Macroeconomic policy analyst Lida Weinstock recently wrote in a Congressional Research Service report that real wages, or wages that have been adjusted for inflation, have been declining since 2021. That's despite nominal wages (i.e. wages which have not been adjusted for inflation) having increased 13.4% during that span.
While "real" wage declines might be bad news for Americans' short-term budgets, they could be seen as good news at the Fed.
"Negative real wage growth might slow down demand for goods and services and could potentially help the Fed with cooling down the economy in the coming months," Sinem Buber, lead economist at ZipRecruiter, tells Fortune.
The reason? If wage growth were to accelerate significantly it could signal the start of a wage-price spiral, in which wage growth and improved demand create a feedback loop that continues to send inflation upward.
https://fortune.com/2023/02/15/your-raise-might-be-a-pay-cut-inflation/
I'm sorry but I see absolutely nothing wrong with what the officer did. Already engaged with 1 subject (attempting to place her in cuffs) and someone starts to approach him... I couldn't care less if it was a 14 year old girl or a 30 year old man. How is he to know if this girl has a weapon or not let alone what her intent was. I say he was completely justified...
As to why he was trying to place the mother in cuffs... yeah they conveniently left that part of the video out.
My understanding is she got pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt. She got arrested for refusing to show ID, she did provide her name and info.
It seems very split on if he was right or wrong.
However
So basically the mom (one getting arrested) escalated the issue by refusing to produce identification after being pulled over for braking the law (yes it's a stupid law, but it's still a law). Again I'm going to bring up the convenient timing of where the video starts. How was she acting when he first came to her window? Was she combative from the start? As it seems to be a growing trend for people to "excersize their rights" by ignoring a lawful order to produce ID.
Since this isn't a "religious" thread I'll keep this brief , Christianity is basically outlined in God's special revelation , the Bible.
What isn't consistent with the biblical view is a " forced conversion " en mass , to force a " Christion Nation" down everyone's throat.
You are correct in fighting against this bastardization of Christianity.
I sincerely wish more Christians took this view. Unfortunately, all too many do not. My wife's pastor states that "Christianity is a damaged brand." because of exactly this for 2,000 years. He has my respect.
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