On: Why is inflation so sticky? It could be corporate ...

[s1artibartfast]

>If this is not price fixing, I don't know what it is. The regulators just whine and yawn.

Price matching is not the same as price fixing. Price fixing requires collusion. The distinction is pretty arbitrary but it is there.

If I announced that I'm raising the price 10 cents next week, and everyone decides to follow suit at the same exact time, that isn't price fixing.