Up Late: Inflation genie is a stubborn bastard reluctant to get back in the bottle

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Ben Harvey
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Ben Harvey outlines a nightmare scenario for recent homebuyers and goes ballistic over feigned surprise by team Albo to the latest inflation data, saying anyone with half a brain could have predicted the bounce once energy subsidies were removed.

In tonight’s show, Ben Harvey outlines a nightmare scenario for recent homebuyers and goes ballistic over feigned surprise by team Albo to the latest inflation data, saying anyone with half a brain could have predicted the bounce once energy subsidies were removed.

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