It depends what dates you're looking at, but energy (gas prices and more) and food (including eggs) are generally recognized as way more volatile than the rest of the CPI.
Eggs were actually quite stable for the 20 years prior to 2001, so maybe don't put your life savings into egg futures...
Eggs were actually quite stable for the 20 years prior to 2001, so maybe don't put your life savings into egg futures...
Egg prices: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000708111
CPI: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPIAUCSL
Core CPI (without food + energy prices): https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPILFESL