Shoplifting has fallen 7% since 2019.

Please read your own source material next time. The National Retail Federation's fake report, which has been withdrawn in its entirety, was a source.

I bet you think it's way too woke when corporate organizations are forced to admit their lies.

From the guy who cherrypicked the 7% decline from a study of only 24 cities and then didn't count NYC, which changes the results.

The real increase is going from $75b to $112b which is a 49% increase

Since credit card companies aren't retailers, the answer to your question is...almost anybody

However since the credit card companies process almost all of their transactions, they have a good handle on what is going on in the marketplace

Yes, that's a 49% increase--until you adjust it for inflation. I already schooled you on this, idiot.

And processing transactions doesn't tell a company shit about the market that produces those transactions, any more than a bank teller knows how you made the money you're depositing.

Stupid Tommie-poo.

True or false, tom? Boilerman's article is party based on a non-existent "report" from the National Retail Federation that never, ever happened.

Cumulative inflation since Biden took over is 17%. 2019 & 20 was less than 4%. So cumulative inflation is about 21% which is a lot less than the 49% increase in shoplifting. 

So stupid Kevin the alleged economist was just schooled. 

I am going back to work & stupid Kevin can go get his government check. 

You forgot to take one very basic factor into account. You're too fucking stupid to understand, so I won't explain it to you, but here's a hint:

Why does $1000 at 5% interest earn more than $50 a year?

Farrrrrr beyond you. I give up on trying to convince an idiot of something he doesn't want to believe.

Actually, I can't resist. Here's why stupid Tommie-poo is a moron:

Two years. Each with 5% inflation.

At the end of Year 1, a tub of cottage cheese that cost $1 now costs $1.05.

At the end of Year 2, that tub doesn't cost $1.10. It costs (1.05) X (1.05). More than $1.10.

It's called "compounding," and while a simple concept, often baffles minds much sharper than stupid Tommie-poo.

Inflation compounds.

Back to skool, stupid Tommie-poo.

Please note. After making lots of claims on the subject, tom is too chickenshit to answer a direct question.

Yeah. I gave credence to his fake shoplifting increase "report" and argued with him about the significance of his reported 49% number, forgetting for the moment that it's all total bullshit and the number is nonsense.

It is up to Boiler to defend his statements.