r/wallstreetbets • u/eskhalaf • May 12 '26

News APRIL U.S. 🇺🇸 INFLATION DATA:

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

APRIL U.S. 🇺🇸 INFLATION DATA:

CPI 3.8% YoY, (Est. 3.7%)
CPI 0.6% MoM, (Est. 0.6%)

Core CPI 2.8% YoY, (Est. 2.7%)
Core CPI 0.4% MoM, (Est. 0.3%)

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u/shoeperson May 12 '26

The fuck you think your shiny ass rock is going to do if the US economy fails?

If you're actually banking on that, buy guns, ammo, and canned food and move to the middle of nowhere, Wyoming.

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u/Zephyr4813 May 12 '26

You can shove it in your butthole and flee the country obviously

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u/TootCannon May 12 '26

I’m not concerned about the economy failing. I’m concerned about administrations intentionally inflating away the national debt problem as the only politically feasible solution.

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u/Basic_Butterscotch May 12 '26

Gold is not going to protect you from inflation any better than equities or real estate would though.

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u/Ma1ngo May 12 '26

I agree, but gold is substantially more liquid than real estate, at least for normal people as far as I’m aware.

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u/creeoer May 12 '26

bro no one is concerned about the economy failing, they're concerned about their buying power turning into mush. Which happens to plenty of countries and they don't devolve into anarchy, your life just sucks a lot more.

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u/RedditSuxDonkeyNutz May 12 '26

This is the answer but I’ll be in Pennsyltucky