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... UpInArms 19 hrs ago #1
Hmm, both indexes gab13by13 19 hrs ago #2
Did they leave out food and utilities? quaint 19 hrs ago #3
They leave out food and energy in those numbers I believe. The numbers may have also been affected by late lostincalifornia 18 hrs ago #5
No, they are included in the "all items" CPI. It's the CORE CPI that leaves out food and energy. progree 18 hrs ago #7
Thanks, got it. lostincalifornia 18 hrs ago #9
Yes, on the holiday stuff -- it's weird as heck progree 18 hrs ago #11
Regardless what the numbers say, the reality is that a hell of a lot of people have been laid off, and while fuel prices lostincalifornia 18 hrs ago #4
Food and energy are included in the numbers, except where it says "all items less food and energy" progree 18 hrs ago #8
I think that is affected by the uncertainty of the Ukraine/Russia situation, and I think colder weather may have come lostincalifornia 18 hrs ago #10
From the source: progree 18 hrs ago #6
I call BS on any number coming from this administration gilpo 16 hrs ago #12
So "things" that were a dollar a year ago aren't even $1.03 now? What are these "things"? twodogsbarking 13 hrs ago #13
This is already being panned by economists PSPS 13 hrs ago #14
So this graph shows that Krasnov lied. He said he would bring prices down. GoodRaisin 13 hrs ago #15
The BLS is a good source somsai 10 hrs ago #16
That's odd. The shelter index increased 0.2% during the 2 month Sept-Nov period, and 3.0% year-over-year progree 4 hrs ago #17
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