From: ScottW48@hotmail.com   
      
   On Friday, September 15, 2023 at 7:55:13 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:   
   > On 9/14/23 8:34 PM, ScottW wrote:    
   > > On Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 3:18:53 PM UTC-7, Art Sackman wrote:    
   > >> On Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 11:26:21 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:    
   > >>    
   > >>> Which CPI? Taking out volatile food and energy, prices are up .3% in    
   > >>> August.    
   > >> Taking out things that go up, it doesn't look so bad.   
   > You'll notice I specified whether food and gas went up or down.   
   > > If Stephen was running the fed we'd have negative interest rates    
   > > as he confuses prices with inflation rates.   
   > You know there are different measures of prices: CPI, core CPI, producer    
   > price, etc.    
   >    
   > The core Producer Price Index is also out:    
   >    
   > https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/14/ppi-inflation-report-august-2023-.html    
   >    
   > "However, excluding food and energy, the PPI climbed 0.2%, in line with    
   > the estimate. On a 12-month basis, core PPI increased 2.1%, its lowest    
   > annual level since January 2021. Excluding food, energy and trade    
   > services, the PPI increased 0.3%."   
      
   UAW plans to fix that in a hurry.   
      
   ScottW   
      
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