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despite tons of covid stimulus and fed intervention, CPI still very low



This is likely attributable to savings rates being at near all-time high in the US causing velocity to fall off. If people are saving not spending, there is no additional demand for goods, which means their prices do not rise, and inflation does not materialize.

[1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PSAVERT


CPI is a terrible metric.

Also prices are sticky and velocity is irregular. Pumping out money is not going to increase prices in the immediate months following regardless.




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