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Dumbest CNBC Econ Headline Ever? ‘The Upside to Inflation: Rising Wages’
NewsBusters ^ | 7/9/2021 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 07/09/2021 9:04:20 AM PDT by JV3MRC

Did CNBC get its understanding of economics from the back of a cereal box? The outlet is arguing that the silver lining to skyrocketing inflation is — “rising wages.”

The liberal outlet noted how “[a]s the economy picks up in the wake of the Covid pandemic, concerns about inflation are also gaining steam.” After conceding that prices of goods are rising, CNBC took a nosedive into ineptitude: “Companies facing a labor shortage are also paying more to get workers to walk in the door.” Did CNBC even consider that rising prices of goods are eating into American pay? Bloomberg News just reported that American pay boosts “are failing to keep pace with surging prices for everyday goods.” CNBC seemed to only figure that out after the story was originally published. Its original headline was “The upside to inflation: rising wages.” The headline has since been changed to alter the entire context of the story: “It’s not certain rising wages will be enough to outpace inflation.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: cnbc; economy; inflation; joebiden; wages

1 posted on 07/09/2021 9:04:20 AM PDT by JV3MRC
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To: JV3MRC

THAT was from a financial network. Let that sink in.


2 posted on 07/09/2021 9:05:13 AM PDT by DesertRhino (A coup government may not claim the protection of the same constitution it overthrew. )
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To: JV3MRC

I have fifty million dollars. CNBC would say I’m rich.

And I have the $50 million dollar bill from Zimbabwe to prove my vast fortune.


3 posted on 07/09/2021 9:05:39 AM PDT by MercyFlush (A wise man once said nothing. )
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To: JV3MRC
Did CNBC get its understanding of economics from the back of a cereal box?

No, they got it from the morning call with Democrat Central Message Control.

4 posted on 07/09/2021 9:06:27 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: JV3MRC

This is how dumb they think the American people are. Unfortunately, this propaganda will resonate with many of them.


5 posted on 07/09/2021 9:09:02 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: JV3MRC

So many things wrong, so little time.

Hey, cnbc - look up “trailing indicator” and “wage elasticity.”


6 posted on 07/09/2021 9:09:13 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (The democrats have just replaced KKK with CRT. /Kevin McCarty 7/6/21)
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To: JV3MRC

“The upside of quadroplegia: Everybody does everything for you!”


7 posted on 07/09/2021 9:10:01 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: JV3MRC

The upside to HIV, weight loss.


8 posted on 07/09/2021 9:11:12 AM PDT by PTBAA
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To: JV3MRC

CNBC exists to pump stocks and bless everything the financial and governmental powers decide to impose upon us.


9 posted on 07/09/2021 9:13:12 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: DesertRhino

Obviously, CNBC is commie controlled.
People aren’t that stupid.


10 posted on 07/09/2021 9:17:14 AM PDT by doc maverick
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To: doc maverick

Tragically, I believe that over half of America and most millenials are that stupid.


11 posted on 07/09/2021 9:18:22 AM PDT by DesertRhino (A coup government may not claim the protection of the same constitution it overthrew. )
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To: JV3MRC
CNBC: "The Upside to Inflation: Rising Wages"

CNBC again demonstrated that it is satuated (up into its top management) with total Kamalas.*

*Kamala: A fourth class of sub-intelligence that is lower by orders of magnitude than the clinical definitions for 'idiot,' 'imbecile' and 'moron.'

12 posted on 07/09/2021 9:19:12 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: JV3MRC

The upside of a total economic collapse: less traffic.

The upside of dying from a random gang shooting in one of the democrat controlled metropolitan utopias: you will not catch COVID.


13 posted on 07/09/2021 9:57:45 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President!)
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To: JV3MRC

I am old enough to remember back when the various media all hired grown-up people called “editors” to check articles before they were published. They would check little things likes facts, conclusions, and whether sentences were coherent or just a collection of words strung together.

Now they just publish whatever crap one of their 20 something reporters fresh out of journalism school write down and crowdsource editing via Twitter.


14 posted on 07/09/2021 10:13:09 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President!)
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To: JV3MRC

great....just retired last Nov at age 67....NOW they tell me that we’ll have “rising wages”....


15 posted on 07/09/2021 10:15:23 AM PDT by cherry
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To: JV3MRC

I remember the “Jimmy Carter” character on SNL saying “Inflation is your friend. With enough inflation, everyone will be a millionaire!”.


16 posted on 07/09/2021 10:37:38 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Bubba_Leroy
The upside of dying from a random gang shooting in one of the democrat controlled metropolitan utopias: you will not catch COVID.

Though your Death Certificate will cite COVID as the "cause of death."

Regards,

17 posted on 07/09/2021 10:56:47 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: JV3MRC

Lol... I’m glad I saved an invested wisely.


18 posted on 07/09/2021 11:05:54 AM PDT by simpson96
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19 posted on 07/09/2021 11:30:14 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (Socialism requires slavery.)
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To: JV3MRC

Failing to see the ‘rising wages’ is part of the cause of the inflation is precious


20 posted on 07/09/2021 12:09:05 PM PDT by MrRelevant
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