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Paul Volcker is the hero who beat the inflation boogeyman of the 1970s. Did you know that it took years to reach 2% on the CPI, and only touched 2% comparatively briefly during his tenure from 8/6/19179 through 8/11/1987

So inflation was "lower than expected" at 3%.

3%.

That's not 1% higher than the Fed's 2% target, but 50%.
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And this is why the CPI was released this morning. Not to make economists happy, but because it would have otherwise caused havoc with social security payments.

"Venture-capital investment into European startups that focus on defense... will top $8 billion this year, up from $5.4 billion last year and less than $500 million in 2015" x.com/DanMichaelsWSJ…

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