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Consumer prices jump 5% in May, fastest pace since the summer of 2008
CNBC ^ | June 10, 2021 | Jeff Cox

Posted on 06/10/2021 5:36:55 AM PDT by tatown

Consumer prices for May accelerated at their fastest pace in nearly 13 years as inflation pressures continued to build in the U.S. economy, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

The consumer price index, which represents a basket including food, energy, groceries, housing costs and sales across a spectrum of goods, rose 5% from a year ago. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been expecting a gain of 4.7%.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: economy; inflation
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The fun is just starting. /s
1 posted on 06/10/2021 5:36:55 AM PDT by tatown
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To: tatown

Giving out money indiscriminately? What harm could that do??


2 posted on 06/10/2021 5:37:44 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: tatown

Them princes can jump, and I mean royally!


3 posted on 06/10/2021 5:38:53 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! ("You, the American people, are my only special interest." --President Donald J. Trump)
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To: tatown

But it was “expected”...so the Fed is off the hook


4 posted on 06/10/2021 5:39:08 AM PDT by montag813 ("Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the Great")
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To: tatown

They jump for joy!.......................


5 posted on 06/10/2021 5:39:11 AM PDT by Red Badger (You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy............. Nightbirde)
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To: tatown

Obama again


6 posted on 06/10/2021 5:40:10 AM PDT by Hattie
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To: Alas Babylon!

7 posted on 06/10/2021 5:40:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy............. Nightbirde)
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To: tatown

But….it’s “transitory.” Ha ha ha.


8 posted on 06/10/2021 5:41:02 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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Everything they touch turns to siht.


9 posted on 06/10/2021 5:41:03 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Haha...yeah that’s what I get for simply cutting and pasting a CNBC headline. They had the misspelling in their original headline.


10 posted on 06/10/2021 5:41:06 AM PDT by tatown
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To: tatown

I saw a sale price for Coke until 2022. The sale price is higher than usual sale price here by 33%. Processed cheap chicken things I buy were advertised for sale at the normal price, with new price 50% higher. If they aqre saying 5%, it is very bad...


11 posted on 06/10/2021 5:41:28 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: tatown
Goldman Explains Why The Economy Won’t Overheat, No Matter What Today's CPI Shows
12 posted on 06/10/2021 5:41:48 AM PDT by blam
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To: tatown

2008 was the year the Democrats took all branches. Here we go again.


13 posted on 06/10/2021 5:41:57 AM PDT by spincaster (i)
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To: Vermont Lt

Yes just like the value of our 401k’s


14 posted on 06/10/2021 5:42:27 AM PDT by tatown
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To: blam

Lying mf’ers.


15 posted on 06/10/2021 5:43:00 AM PDT by tatown
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To: tatown

And of course, all those of us with even an elementary knowledge of econ knew what, to the media, was “unexpected”.

Low IQ? No ability to think? Want to pretend you are semi intelligent anyway? Go into the media. Become a “talent”.

And pray we do not find you following CW-II.


16 posted on 06/10/2021 5:43:15 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Vermont Lt

The paycheck is what is truly transitory with this inflation.


17 posted on 06/10/2021 5:48:32 AM PDT by teevolt
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To: tatown

Welcome back stagflation! Haven’t seen you since the carter days!


18 posted on 06/10/2021 5:54:15 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (The left does not want dialogue; it wants compliance.)
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To: tatown

Gold and silver are seeing hard ceilings at 1900 and 28 respectively.

When they bust loose, who knows where this will lead? Not to mention all other commodities.


19 posted on 06/10/2021 6:06:08 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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...and the Biden adoring Wall St seems to absolutely love it.


20 posted on 06/10/2021 6:07:19 AM PDT by tatown
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