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IPFS News Link • Economy - Economics USA

Inflation and Deflation: What items are rising, and which are falling

04-14-2011 • Ritholtz.com

Sure John Williams is a bit controversial, but he has been hammering on the “Official Data Understates Inflation” for decades now. Sometimes, it helps to shift your perspective ever so slightly to get a better view on things. The chart below, which only looks at price rises greater than +/- 5%, will do that. (Mad props to Invictus for the chart work) It is clearly the high-frequency items – primarily food and fuel – are creating most of the angst (Household insurance at 8.5% is one of my peeves). But we typically don’t buy motorcycles, major household appliances, computers, or televisions on a weekly or monthly basis, and they have been deflating hard. (See Hackonomics take down of Hedonics as to why)

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Reported By Jack Gregson

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