Figure 4: Where inflation dollars in third quarter 2022 ended up, by industry and type
$ billions, Q3 2020 vs Q3 2022
Figure 4: Stacked bar chart of where inflation dollars went over two years beginning in the third quarter of 2020 by industry and by profits and worker compensation. By far, the largest beneficiary of inflation has been the oil and gas extraction and mining industries. 17.7 billion in inflation dollars has gone straight to higher oil, gas and mining profits.