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A comment on Ask HN: Why does the media say inflation is up every month?.

Re:Ask HN: Why does the media say inflation is up every month? by miked85 on Thursday October 13, 2022 @12:34PM (#33193320)
I don't believe the numbers regardless of how they are spun. Anecdotally, prices on everything are much higher than +8.9% from a year ago.
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Re:Ask HN: Why does the media say inflation is up every month? by witoldw on Thursday October 13, 2022 @12:40PM (#33193419)
6.6% is excluding food and energy. Energy is up 19.8%, Food is up 11.2%.

Horse's mouth: https://www.bls.gov/cpi/

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