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Comment by mywittyname

The article is paywalled, so I looked at the BLS CPI data myself.

The 5.0% number is being driven by falling (plummeting? -6.8%) energy prices. Food is still up, at 8.5%, and all items excluding food and energy stands at 5.6%.

https://www.bls.gov/cpi/

parent mywittyname 3 years ago

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