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There's a thread by gladstein about the report. The Tweet that kicked off the thread is:

New Zoltan says inflation hasn't peaked, but is just getting started

Says the "low inflation world" stood on three pillars:

-Cheap immigrant labor keeping wages down
-Cheap goods from China raising living standards despite stagnant wages
-Cheap Russian gas powering the EU

https://twitter.com/gladstein/status/1554552612501958656
https://nitter.it/gladstein/status/1554552612501958656 <-- Shows the thread in a single, easy-to-read, web page

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Cheap immigrant is still coming in, especially when the US maintain its competitive growth and opportunity, I don't see that changing any time soon.

Cheap goods aren't just from China anymore, the biggest advantages trading with China was its great supply chain, from raw material, manufacturing and transport. I think it's not an irreplaceable advantage though, since much of it could be moved offshore.

EU will have to accept they will struggle due to Russia/Ukraine conflict. That being said, I think Russia doesn't want to drag the war out, and the energy transition will take time to complete.

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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @sb 2 Aug 2022

The quiet part out loud: "central banks are done fighting deflation with asset price inflation, and are now fighting inflation with asset price deflation", Zoltan masterfully explains.

Source: https://twitter.com/BlacklionCTA/status/1554458597282701313?t=WcksuCglUkcxWWKlSFj04Q&s=19

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