Inflation Appears to Be Chilling Out

This morning we got the inflation report for August. The numbers look to be pretty good. The headline rate of inflation rose by 0.3%. The core rate, which excludes food and energy prices, rose by just 0.1%.

Over the past year, headline inflation has increased by 5.3% while core inflation is up by 4.0%.

Here’s the monthly CPI data (headline rate, seasonally adjusted). So far, the rate of increase is falling. For now.

Posted by on September 14th, 2021 at 9:01 am


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