Inflation is another area where Tucker Carlson lied.

in tucker •  9 months ago 

Even using the official data from Rosstat, inflation in Russia has been much higher compared to the US. Likewise with interest rates.

In January, Russia's inflation came in at an annualized rate of 10.8%. Comparatively, US inflation came in at 3.7% annualized.

Interest rates in Russia are at 16% currently. In the US, they are at 5.5%. Russia's rates got as high as 20% in 2022.

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Here's what Russian inflation looks like year over year. It got to a peak of nearly 18% year over year in April of 2022.

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