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Re:U.S. annual inflation rate drops to 8.5% by tootie on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @09:41AM (#32411754)
Your electricity bill is probably correlated to heat wave more than inflation (depending on where you live). Also, the headline number is a very broad indicator. Inflation hits different sectors and different regions very differently. It's not a uniform force, it's derived from thousands of data points. Also, bear in mind that a "drop" is a drop in the rate of increase. Not an actual drop in prices which is something that never happens by design.
Re:U.S. annual inflation rate drops to 8.5% by post_break on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @09:45AM (#32411818)
My electricity bill is tied to the Texas freeze recouping their costs and natural gas price spike.