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No. You don’t appear to see. The 9% was artificially inflated. The Feds raising the interest rates lowered the inflation rate more than anything the Biden Administration did. Somewhat similar to Trump. This Administration has hurt inflation coming down more due to tariff policy. The Feds maintaining a higher interest rate than needed are also affecting the slower pace of disinflation. The Fed is slowing down the drop on purpose. They want to ease into 2%. Not crash. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that if the Fed target is 2%, that 1/2% is a major change one way or other when not artificially inflated. If core inflation were to hit 3%, the Fed would immediately raise 50 basis points. That’s how big a 1/2% change is when the rate is close to target.

We'll see

That’s actually what he sounded like to me.

Not a fan. As I said, this needs to stop.

Drop from 9% to 3% crickets From 3% to 2.6% significant drop.. I see now 👍🏾

Tucker makes some great points.

Trump announced that he’s bumping his 10% tariff on everybody on earth he announced yesterday up to 15% today. [Hidden Content]

How the Top 10 fared this week: 6A/5A 1. Atascocita defeated #8 Summer Creek 64-50 2. Beaumont West Brook defeated #3 Beaumont United 52-43 3. Beaumont United lost to #2 Beaumont West Brook 52-43 4. North Shore defeated Kingwood 71-40 5. Crosby defeated Splendora 68-63 6. Humble defeated Channelview 80-36 7. Baytown Sterling defeated #10 Barbers Hill 75-57 8. Summer Creek lost to #1 Atascocita 64-50 9. Kingwood Park defeated Pasadena 46-42 10. Barbers Hill lost to #7 Baytown Sterling 75-57 4A/3A 1. Onalaska defeated Coldspring 91-64 2. Orangefield defeated Kountze 81-51 3. Bridge City defeated Little Cypress-Mauriceville 88-38 4. Livingston lost to #10 Hamshire-Fannett 77-71 5. Hardin-Jefferson defeated Tarkington 89-38 6. Huntington defeated Pineywoods CA 47-42 7. Trinity defeated Crockett 72-41 8. East Chambers defeated Anahuac 77-32, defeated Reeves, La. 88-40 9. Silsbee defeated Vidor 79-57 10. Hamshire-Fannett defeated #4 Livingston 77-71 2A/1A/Private 1. Brookeland defeated Leggett 106-28 2. Sabine Pass defeated Danbury 95-45 3. Big Sandy defeated Deweyville 51-30 4. San Augustine defeated Woden 62-22 5. Chireno defeated #10 West Sabine 73-36, lost to Hawkins 58-53 6. Beaumont Legacy defeated Bracken Christian 50-36 7. Chester defeated #8 Spurger 60-49 8. Spurger lost to #7 Chester 60-49 9. Shelbyville defeated Corrigan 54-49 10. West Sabine lost to #5 Chireno 73-36, lost to Union Grove 56-45

Jasper lost to Shepherd because Shepherd had better players by a good margin. It would not have mattered who Jasper played in the pre district schedule. It is going to be worse next year because nearly every player on the roster is returning for Shepherd and Shepherd will have much more depth.

Sadly this true for some Trump Supporters. Not all, but some.

How many DC’s did the home cooking guy have compared to Barbay?

Yeah, if it wasn’t for dem darn lousy kids. It’s really sad to put 1000% blame on the kids and leave the coaches blameless. Got it!

I agree.

He definitely would’ve made a huge difference… as well as an another player that saw significant minutes off the bench last season and just decided not to play this year. They did get a couple guys to play that played last year halfway to the season. I think Joubert even having this team close to a playoff spot after what it lost from last year speaks volumes.

I think HJ can beat Wheatley. Be a fun game to watch.

Cards win it 5-4 in 10. PHEW!!

Lamar headed to extras. Had a 4-0 lead going into the bottom of the 9th. Walked a batter and had 4, yes 4, hit batters in the 9th and UTA ties the game. Ugh!

Player went home I think that made a huge difference

Some outside the coverage area 1st round match ups: 6A #20 Grand Oaks vs. Spring Dekaney 5A Abilene vs. #23 Amarillo The Colony vs. #16 Frisco Liberty 4A Navasota vs. FB Willowridge #15 Estacado vs. #24 Brock Kennedale vs. #22 Dallas Lincoln 3A #2 Paradise vs. #21 Village Tech 2A #1 Lipan vs. #6 Bosqueville #8 Waco Meyer vs. #10 Graford #13 Farwell vs. #19 Abernathy 1A #15 Coolidge vs. Bynum

I’ll be checking it out on paramount.

We could quibble all day and never come to a definite conclusion. Adding $1.9 Trillion free cash flow caused the Fed to have to raise interest rates significantly. This helped fuel inflation. Yes, the other factors you mention played a role as well. Numbers I've seen credit the IRA with raising inflation by 30-40%, with the other factors contributing the rest. So, the so-called Inflation Reduction Act actually increased inflation by around 3-3.5% in the short term.

Ahhhh, the old Cotton Bowl stadium.

Half a point is historically a significant drop. It just doesn't seem like much compared to the high of 9%. I made nothing up. You need to study history more.