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Pablo Martini (Geezer)

Inflation has fallen, but it’s not the good news the government wants you to think it is.

Prices are slowing because people and businesses can’t afford to spend. Petrol is cheaper due to global demand slumps, and recreation prices are down because families are tightening their belts. Businesses are facing higher wages, taxes, and energy costs — and many will have to pass that on.

This isn’t recovery — it’s demand destruction.

Unless Rachel Reeves’s infrastructure investment delivers real results, this may just be the eye of the storm.

Read the full story on Vox Political:

voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=9775

Vox Political · Falling inflation isn't a win - it's a warning sign - Vox PoliticalFalling inflation isn't a win - it's a warning sign that the economy is running out of fuel - literally. Brace yourself for a crash?
#Inflation#CostOfLivingCrisis#UKeconomy
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MediaFaro News Digest

Where’s the gold? Germany’s conservatives sound the alarm over reserves in the US.

Germany keeps over €100 billion worth of gold reserves in the New York Federal Reserve.

Some politicians in Germany are worried that what was for decades seen as one of the world’s most reliable storehouses might not be so secure after all.

mediafaro.org/article/20250331

Three 1kg gold bars. | Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Politico.eu · Where’s the gold? Germany’s conservatives sound the alarm over reserves in the US.By Carlo Martuscelli
#Germany#Gold#Bundesbank
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A.Stringer

"I hate #vibes-based reasoning, because of the kind of thinking that it elevates. It elevates the comms spad over the #macroeconomist, the reader-of-headlines over the #modeller, the use of a finger in the air over a solid think about the vast, hard-to-move #economy."

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#criticalthinking
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#UKeconomy
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#factsmatter
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Freethinking Economist · Against vibes-based economic prognosticatingHere is how it goes. Let’s say it starts with the Government doing something bad, like raise a tax by £20bn, to fund a bunch of stuff. People don’t like tax, according to science, and s…
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