Economists fear we may be heading toward another inflation breakout, beginning with an upswing in oil prices and ending with higher grocery bills.

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    1 year ago

    “Tommy down in finance figures that with the troubling news out of the Middle East we could probably squeeze in a price hike without much blowback. He thinks we could probably add 3 mill to our bottom line. What do you and the other board members think? Remember our annual bonuses are a percentage of profit ;)”

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      Could be that it’s in quotation marks because the second wave isn’t over yet, thus it’s not actually a third wave. In which case they are using them correctly.