For me and many others, it's deeply painful to see how the cold economic indicators of the PPI you mention and interest rates translate, in reality, into a suffocating burden for those who have the least. While those in the upper echelons debate strategies, analyses, and percentages, the working class is the one that feels the direct impact on transportation costs and the price of bread.
It's an injustice that the daily struggle for sustenance becomes a race against relentless inflation, and I know what it means to experience that firsthand. The real crisis is at the dinner table of families who, with perseverance and honest effort, see how their sacrifice yields less and less in the face of decisions beyond their control. For me, it's undoubtedly disappointing.