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3. "make America affordable again." -- not when inflation has been rising for 5 straight months

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Fri Nov 14, 2025, 09:45 AM

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Last edited Sun Nov 16, 2025, 05:25 PM - Edit history (1)

Here's the year-over-year precentage increase numbers (probably the source of the claim that inflation has been rising over the last 5 months)
CPI data series: https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUSR0000SA0
Click on "More Formatting Options", and on the page that appears,
Check the checkbox: "12-Month Percent Change"

YEAR: Jan Feb Mar etc. etc.
2024: 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.9
2025: 3.0 2.8 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.9 3.0

Graphs of 3 month rolling averages and of month-to-month are at
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3563862

Over the last 3 months: inflation has averaged an annualized 3.6%.
Comparing the CPI index in September over its June value, and annualizing it. Just like what is commonly done with inflation and GDP in the quarterly GDP reports.

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