Help me out here, just so I can keep the numbers/arguments straight (I haven't had my eight cups of coffee, yet). Is one of the arguments on this thread that the C-CPI-U understates the CPI-U? And according to this
press release from the BLS, that generated the AP article at the top of this thread in the first place, the C-CPI-U came-in higher* than the CPI-U over the past 12 months?
Can the two even be compared, since one is seasonally-adjusted and the other, not?
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Is one of the arguments on this thread that the C-CPI-U understates the CPI-U? Yes, because food inflation is XX% (XX=a ridiculous number, far from reality).
the C-CPI-U came-in higher* than the CPI-U over the past 12 months?
Must be a conspiracy, that could never happen for real./John Williams off
Can the two even be compared
Probably, the world won't end if you do (or don't).