Wait. Unexpectedly for who? I certainly expected it. Most people I've talked with are also not surprised.
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"unexpectedly" is a word they use but I am not sure they know what it means.
Unexpected by whom?
Republican voters
Dumb people doing dumb things
Just snuck up on everyone without warning! 🫣
Unexpectedly?
Yiyre kidding, right? I was quite literally waiting for this news. It never wss an if, just how bad
Republicans just took power.
Not unexpected at all.
We hired one of the worst people in the world to lead us. It's a stretch to call this unexpected.
Exactly.
Shocked pikachu face
Unexpectedly?
Somehow, inflation returned
I know I've seen this on several websites today. What was everyone expecting? The only think I can think of is the old trope that Republican administrations are better for the economy. I have coworkers who were basically expecting miracles once Trump got into office. Things are probably gonna be bad.
What was everyone expecting?
The ones who voted for Trump? To get their pony. And they'll keep shutting their eyes and plugging their ears waiting for their pony until they starve to death because everyone else has already emptied the dumpster of food.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t most (if not all) Republican administrations cause recessions or other damage to economies?
Every Republican presidential term in my lifetime has had a recession start. None of the Democratic ones have...
Regan; one started each term. First Bush had one in his term. Clinton had none in his 2 terms. Second Bush had a HUGE one each time (dot com and great recession). Obama had none in his 2 terms. trump had one in his first term (triggered by covid & shutdowns; which his (in)actions intensified...). Biden didn't have one (but; just barely... and only by the official definition [NBER]; he did have two negative real GDP quarters, so one could argue this point). Now we're starting trump's second term, so we'll see (it's pretty clear we'll have a recession within 2 years).
This isn't really debatable unless you ignore the evidence. Stock market and real GDP growth are overall way higher under Democrat presidents. One link for reference (but many more are available): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-021-00912-y
Same with budget deficits, Clinton even got surpluses...
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Historically the US economy generally performs better under Democratic administrations than Republican ones. I've read several articles and studies that show this. I'm on mobile and don't have the time to find them However polls show that Americans consistently have the opinion that Republican admins are better on economics. And this despite no matter how much evidence os presented.
You are not wrong, I don't know where the other poster got their information, but Republicans almost always destroy the economy and the Democrats (kind of) fix it just in time to be blamed for the economy being bad.
The “trope” is public perception, not actual historical pattern. Every time a Republican president gets elected the exit polls are full of “economic concerns.” What that actually means is left to interpretation but so it goes.
What that actually means is left to interpretation but so it goes.
It means they think minorities had too much money.
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Definitely a solid onion headline worded like that.
They forgot the /s
Denial first, surprises later.
British humour.
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I fucking love how there is basically only one comment on this entire post
And the dozens of people who made that comment didn't read so much as the first part of the first sentence of the article.
US inflation increased by more than expected last month
It's not the inflation that was unexpected, it's the amount. You can't get your news from headlines, people.
Yeah well these news publications are starting to blatantly insult everyone's intelligence now. If it was really unexpected, there wouldn't be a bunch of comments here saying "Unexpected? Really?"
Unexpectedly? By who?
Pretty sure tons of people said that if Trump takes office, inflation would skyrocket thanks to the tarrifs and all his other bullshit... This was entirely expected. It's the result we all knew was coming if he took office.
If it were any Democrat in office right now, the media would have been pinning the blame harder than fighting games got blamed for violence in the 90s. Getting real sick of the narrative they're spinning.
If it were any Democrat in office right now, the media would have been pinning the blame harder
If a Democrat were in office inflation wouldn't have increased.
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who ever wrote this article is a total moron. Unexpectedly? noo.
14 years of Conservative government has left the BBC senior ranks full of Tory placeholders and shills.
!leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world
Good job on voting to cancel out Joe Biden’s monopoly breakup because he didn’t do it fast enough
"If things aren't good enough, we should make them worse to teach those layabouts a lesson!" - People who have no intention of suffering the consequences of their actions
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“Unexpectedly”
If it’s anything to me, it’s unexpectedly low.
I wouldnt be surprised if foreign investors in US Bonds were dropping that shit like it was radioactive.
Thank President Musk and his First Lad Trump.
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