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Overall prices are still 20% higher than 2020, and you'll notice the lack of a percentage decline being noted. You will also note that they did not include a definition of what prices they specifically were talking about. Food? Energy? Housing? This is an opinion piece, not a news article. Edit - there was a link to an article that said it was down by .1%, bringing the rolling 12 months inflation to 3%.

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Lol.. do you really believe the figures.?

The basket of goods constantly keep changing to cook the numbers.. I.e, beef goes from grass fed to canned spam meat being the item weighed. They just decrease the quality of that which is being measured. 34T in debt and we will continue debasing the dollar.

Got bitcoin ?

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It only dropped by 0.1% from May but is still 3% higher than 1 year ago. Hardly something to cheer about.

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The problem is it's shrinkflation combined with inflation so a decrease doesn't represent a true return to normal on its own.

Not considering that a win with what we have been through with this administration!! And like all their good numbers they will mist likely be adjusted downward.

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