Timescales matter; a 2% increase in food prices over a year would be an indication of normal inflation; a 2% increase over a month indicates above-average food

Timescales matter; a 2% increase in food prices over a year would be an indication of normal inflation; a 2% increase over a month indicates above-average food price inflation. In either case, the evidence of inflation in one area does not mean there is generally high inflation, it just means one thing is increasing in price. You can call it cherry-picking, but any presentation of data in this format will be guilty of that, so it's not a particularly damning indictment. As I said before, I don't agree with the previous version of the other post, but I think you're being a bit broad.