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Which prices are increasing slower than inflation to counteract this? EDIT: It's energy. https://www.bls.gov/cpi/ https://www.bls.gov/cpi/
by OscarCunningham 6y ago
Which prices are increasing slower than inflation to counteract this?
EDIT: It's energy. https://www.bls.gov/cpi/ https://www.bls.gov/cpi/
- maxerickson 6y agoInflation indexes don't give a lot of weight to short term price changes. So there doesn't necessarily have to be anything offsetting it. If prices stay high it should show up in inflation.
- lupire 6y agoAlso clothing, medical care commodities, and transportation services. Meanwhile used cars are up more than food in the US. That graph has bizzare rollups you need to click through. But the article is really about 40% spike in global basic commodities for the global poor, not 3% US bump.