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07/02/21

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Originally posted by shopboy: ↑

I was pointing out the language of the piece rather than commenting on the impact of volatility.

Prices are volatile all the time. Lemons went from $25 a case to over $150 a case recently. Fruit and veg have massive fluctuations week on week. Almost all airlines have huge fluctuations in price depending on when you fly. Accommodation and tourism operators also have huge fluctuations and survive. People who sell goods online are subject to price fluctuations. Try getting a concreter on the Sunshine Coast at short notice without paying a significant premium to last year. And then there's petrol.. And think of the farmers who contract to Woollies and Coles who are 'told' what they'll be earning for brocoli or whatever, despite the perhaps being, well, 30-50% below market.

Happens all the time, everywhere. We move on.

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Fruit and veg and airline prices are volatile too, but we don't use them as currency either. You can't run an economy, especially a modern complex economy, using a highly volatile currency.
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