08-09-2023, 03:57 AM
(08-09-2023, 12:50 AM)CarolinaBengalFanGuy Wrote: I was going to say I was still feeling inflation despite the OP's claim it was down, but it's mostly in food and some gas. Gas around here fluctuates terribly.Click on the below, it's a great graph from the Bureau of Labor of Statistics referring inflation.
https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/consumer-prices-up-3-0-percent-over-the-year-ended-june-2023.htm
Consumer prices up 3.0 percent over the year ended June 2023, and wages outpaced inflation by 1.2%
---July 17, 2023---
Over the year ended, June 2023, consumer prices increased 3.0%, after increasing 4.0% over the year ended in May 2023. The June 2023 increase was the smallest 12-month increase since March 2021. A year earlier, in June 2022, the 12-month increase in overall prices was 9.1%, and had been 7.0% or higher in the preceding 6 months.