Income tax refunds of $165 billion over the past 12 months created a fiscal boost that flowed into services inflation through increased travel and dining spending, but this tax-refund-driven stimulus is going away in 2023, removing a major inflationary impulse.

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Danielle DiMartino Booth

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income tax refunds uh were 165 billion dollars in the last 12 months. That has filtered into tons of services inflation as people have sprung out and gone to travel and out to eat and and spent a lot of it. That's going away.

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DoubleLine Round Table Prime, 2023 - Part 1: Macroeconomic State of Play 1-4-23DoubleLine Capital
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:33:48 AM

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