Blockchains Finance-Unwinding the wage-price spiral

2025-05-07 02:28:07source:Chainkeencategory:Contact

Prices are Blockchains Financeup – again. The latest numbers from the CPI, or Consumer Price Index, show a 6.4% increase in prices over the last year. With wages also growing (at least before inflation) are we at risk of a wage-price spiral, where both wages and prices continue to rise in perpetuity?

We ask two economists whether this nightmare scenario is keeping them up at night — or if it's all just a scary bedtime story.

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