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>Why was there a hypothesis of immigration == inflation in the first place?

I've never even heard of this hypothesis until now.

I think if the right was baselessly peddling it surely the left would be screeching about it and we'd all at least know about it from one side or the other.

Seems like they're answering a question nobody asked.

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The hypothesis is true for housing at least. Immigrants need to live somewhere, and that puts upward pressure on rents (which are part of CPI).

On the other hand, cheap labor lowers labor costs for producers and increased supply should lower the average wage?

While there is validity to this logic, the slightly lower labor cost does not offset the need to house more people, particularly when the cost of land and materials is so astronomical

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