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> prices have not returned to pre-pandemic levels

Are you saying people are expecting CPI deflation? I don't think that's accurate, and it's also definitely not gonna happen.

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Consciously? No. Like I said, public sentiment doesn't work that way. People don't want deflation. They want reasonable prices. Its not rational. The only sensible way to achieve that is to get wages increasing so the relative cost of living goes back down.

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