By Doug Short (Guest Post)
Here is a table showing the annualized change in Headline and Core CPI for each of the past five months. I’ve also included each of the eight components of Headline CPI and a separate entry for Energy, which is a collection of sub-indexes in Housing and Transportation.We can make some inferences about how inflation is impacting our personal expenses depending on our relative exposure to the individual components. The Trends in Headline and Core CPIThe chart below shows Headline and Core CPI for urban consumers since 2007. Core CPI excludes the two most…
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