[FromLori]

How about just the inflation in food and fuel holy cow contrary to what some people claim they do NOT count it as a measure of inflation any longer..

You see, some wise government officials decided a few years back to exclude “volatile” Food and Energy from the standard cost of living measurement that he refers to as a measure of inflation!

But while Americans were feeling the pain of price increases at the pump and elsewhere, the Fed will maintain its focus on the so-called "core index," which excludes food and fuel prices.

[Will88]

And, of course, the Feds have also played games with the unemployment computations, and who knows what else. When they eliminate food and fuel costs from their “core inflation” it’s an almost meaningless statistic for lower income earners for whom food and fuel are two of the biggest and most volatile living expenses.