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@servelan@newsie.social · 6 days ago

Fed Minutes: Lower Inflation Needed to Support Rate Cuts | Associated Press

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/inflation-jobs-fed/2026/02/18/id/1246578/

@Npars01@mstdn.social · 6 days ago

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"Billionaire price gouging & exorbitant CEO salaries & bonuses to continue.

Mass layoffs being planned. Please ignore the inflation caused by tariffs.

Mass unemployment always helps scare the electorate."
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/16/inflation-economic-pessimism-poll

https://www.commondreams.org/news/google-ceo-pay

https://jacobin.com/2025/08/corporate-media-greedflation-price-gouging

https://www.epi.org/blog/corporate-profits-have-contributed-disproportionately-to-inflation-how-should-policymakers-respond/

https://fortune.com/2024/01/20/inflation-greedflation-consumer-price-index-producer-price-index-corporate-profit/

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/19/us-inflation-caused-by-corporate-profits

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-02-17-ceo-remuneration-in-the-age-of-inequality-what-exactly-are-we-rewarding/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/18/business/ceo-pay-unions-strike

https://healthcareuncovered.substack.com/p/the-pope-is-right-about-ceo-compensation

The Pope is Right About CEO Compensation – Especially in the Health Insurance Industry

In 2024, the CEOs of the seven largest health insurance companies took home $146.1 million.

A core frustration unites striking workers: Exorbitant CEO pay | CNN Business

There’s a common thread linking the two biggest labor protests in America right now: Workers want a living wage after years of stagnant or falling pay, while across the bargaining table sit executives whose compensation has been growing wildly year after year.

CEO remuneration in the age of inequality — what exactly are we rewarding?

Amid growing inequality, the exorbitant pay of CEOs like Naspers’ Fabricio Bloisi necessitates a critical examination of the moral implications of corporate compensation structures.…

Half of recent US inflation due to high corporate profits, report finds

Thinktank report says ‘resounding evidence’ shows companies continue to keep prices high even as their inflationary costs drop

‘Greedflation’ caused more than half of last year’s inflation surge, study finds, as corporate profits remain at all-time highs | Fortune

Groundwork Collective crunched Commerce Department data to find shocking greedflation results. But there’s evidence of it in a lot more places.

Corporate Media Doesn’t Want to Talk About Greedflation

Corporate media has routinely downplayed the role of corporate profiteering in driving inflation, often citing industry talking points or providing no explanation at all for crippling inflation over the past few years.

'Corporate Greed Is Out of Control': Tlaib-Sanders Bill Would Tax Companies for Excessive CEO Pay | Common Dreams

As Elon Musk nears trillionaire status, Bernie Sanders and Rashida Tlaib push for a bill to rein in excessive CEO pay. With CEOs making 600 times more than workers, it's time for corporations to pay their fair share.

75% of Americans report soaring prices as Trump claims inflation ‘over’

Exclusive poll: Inflation remains a concern despite president’s pledge to reduce prices on ‘day one’

@CassandraVert@indieweb.social · 5 days ago

There are a bunch of ballot measures in CA and two are about limiting executive salaries.

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