This is kind of why metaphors are counter productive when the topic is simple enough to discuss correctly. The article states that the rate of inflation is decr

This is kind of why metaphors are counter productive when the topic is simple enough to discuss correctly. The article states that the rate of inflation is decreasing with the annualized rate falling from greater than 11 to 2.5. It is meaningful to discuss the annual rate but nonsensical to make further decisions based on how much inflation occurred 6 months ago.