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esoterica on March 22, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why the 2% inflation target? (2023)

Gold fell 50% from 1980 to 2000, does that mean we had 50% deflation over that time period?

npoc on March 23, 2024 [–]

Did gold fall or did the dollar rise?

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