Cost-cutting, quiet guilt and the inflation generation

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Cost-cutting, quiet guilt and the inflation generation

Cost-cutting, quiet guilt and the inflation generation

Sep 9, 202624m
0:0024:06

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In this economy it is boom times and doom times all at once. The statistics aren’t really capturing it. K-shaped only goes so far as a metaphor. So … we asked you to help. And you delivered! One one hand, the stock market is on a prolonged, upward trajectory. Unemployment is low and inflation has come down from its peak. But on the other hand, inflation is frustratingly sticky and higher than we want, job turnover is extremely low making looking for work an endless grind, and more than 75% of Am

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