E.J. Antoni
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Vince, good to see you. Beautiful studio, by the way. My first time in here. I love it.
Vince, good to see you. Beautiful studio, by the way. My first time in here. I love it.
Vince, good to see you. Beautiful studio, by the way. My first time in here. I love it.
What about you? What do you think of me?
What about you? What do you think of me?
What about you? What do you think of me?
My pleasure. Thanks for having me.
My pleasure. Thanks for having me.
My pleasure. Thanks for having me.
No, we've actually gotten very, very good inflation numbers, in part because when we look at these tariffs, a lot of them haven't even been implemented. Just the threat of the tariffs alone was enough to bring countries to the table and to kind of get everyone to call a truce. If you do get into some kind of really prolonged, protracted, I should say, trade war,
No, we've actually gotten very, very good inflation numbers, in part because when we look at these tariffs, a lot of them haven't even been implemented. Just the threat of the tariffs alone was enough to bring countries to the table and to kind of get everyone to call a truce. If you do get into some kind of really prolonged, protracted, I should say, trade war,
No, we've actually gotten very, very good inflation numbers, in part because when we look at these tariffs, a lot of them haven't even been implemented. Just the threat of the tariffs alone was enough to bring countries to the table and to kind of get everyone to call a truce. If you do get into some kind of really prolonged, protracted, I should say, trade war,
then sure, you might end up seeing some of those price increases. But as of right now, that's not what's happening at all. And it's so ironic, Vince, the exact same people who for years told us Biden's policies aren't going to cause any inflation, right? And then obviously it did. Now tell us Trump's policies are going to cause all kinds of inflation.
then sure, you might end up seeing some of those price increases. But as of right now, that's not what's happening at all. And it's so ironic, Vince, the exact same people who for years told us Biden's policies aren't going to cause any inflation, right? And then obviously it did. Now tell us Trump's policies are going to cause all kinds of inflation.
then sure, you might end up seeing some of those price increases. But as of right now, that's not what's happening at all. And it's so ironic, Vince, the exact same people who for years told us Biden's policies aren't going to cause any inflation, right? And then obviously it did. Now tell us Trump's policies are going to cause all kinds of inflation.
These people are just perpetually wrong, but never in doubt.
These people are just perpetually wrong, but never in doubt.
These people are just perpetually wrong, but never in doubt.
Yeah, absolutely. In fact, depending on which metric you want to use, some of it show this happened for the month of March, others for the month of April. So it just depends on which individual metric. We actually have a lot of different ways to measure inflation. But several of them now have showed prices actually declining. In other words, inflation went negative.
Yeah, absolutely. In fact, depending on which metric you want to use, some of it show this happened for the month of March, others for the month of April. So it just depends on which individual metric. We actually have a lot of different ways to measure inflation. But several of them now have showed prices actually declining. In other words, inflation went negative.