Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Latest Breaking News

lostincalifornia

(4,878 posts)

10. I think that is affected by the uncertainty of the Ukraine/Russia situation, and I think colder weather may have come

Reply to progree (Reply #8)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 09:52 AM

19 hrs ago

into the picture.

In the likely event that the ACA extended subsidies are not going to happen this year, unless something is done rather quickly to remedy that situation, I think that will have a big impact on these numbers.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

19 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

November consumer prices rose at a 2.7% annual rate, lower than expected, delayed data shows [View all] BumRushDaShow 20 hrs ago OP

... UpInArms 20 hrs ago #1

Hmm, both indexes gab13by13 20 hrs ago #2

Did they leave out food and utilities? quaint 20 hrs ago #3

They leave out food and energy in those numbers I believe. The numbers may have also been affected by late lostincalifornia 19 hrs ago #5

No, they are included in the "all items" CPI. It's the CORE CPI that leaves out food and energy. progree 19 hrs ago #7

Thanks, got it. lostincalifornia 19 hrs ago #9

Yes, on the holiday stuff -- it's weird as heck progree 19 hrs ago #11

Declining demand due to economy is driving some prices down lostnfound 9 min ago #18

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 19 hrs ago #4

Food and energy are included in the numbers, except where it says "all items less food and energy" progree 19 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 19 hrs ago #10

From the source: progree 19 hrs ago #6

I call BS on any number coming from this administration gilpo 17 hrs ago #12

So "things" that were a dollar a year ago aren't even $1.03 now? What are these "things"? twodogsbarking 15 hrs ago #13

This is already being panned by economists PSPS 15 hrs ago #14

So this graph shows that Krasnov lied. He said he would bring prices down. GoodRaisin 14 hrs ago #15

The BLS is a good source somsai 11 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 5 hrs ago #17

Per Pew Research, here is graphic of basket content weights lostnfound 38 sec ago #19