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2022-08-11 16:46:26 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Inflation in the United States is measured on an YoY basis, and not MoM. This would mean inflation was 8.5%, not 0% https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/06/28/how-does-the-government-measure-inflation/#:~:text=The%20Consumer%20Price%20Index%20(CPI,93%25%20of%20the%20U.S.%20population.

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• summary
• Inflation in the United States is measured on an YoY basis, and not MoM. This would mean inflation was 8.5%, not 0% https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/06/28/how-does-the-government-measure-inflation/#:~:text=The%20Consumer%20Price%20Index%20(CPI,93%25%20of%20the%20U.S.%20population.