Eli5: How inflation haven’t happened yet, especially in these time?

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I thought there would have been a huge impact on currency exchange rate but nothing dramatic seems to happen to now, why is that?

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Consumer goods prices usually increase pretty slowly, so it’s not very noticeable. If it was, we’d have big problems. Inflation panic can quickly spiral out of control. Some products have been artificially inflated in price due to sudden skewing of their typical supply/demand. Those products, like construction materials, will come back down in price as supply chains return to normal. But they will probably still be a little bit more expensive than they were 2 years ago, due to the genuine inflation that occurred during that time.

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