That's not true: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm. Though sometimes people look at the non-food/energy

That's not true: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm. Though sometimes people look at the non-food/energy components separately because they're less volatile (supposed to be a better predictor of future inflation).