Dan M. wrote: > >> Subject: Welcome to Hyperinflation! >> Date: 2008-08-29 12:30 > >> I was just checking the evolution of PPI (PPI and CPI measure >> inflation in the USA), and noticed that _this year_ the >> accumulated inflation is about 10% (!!!) > > Where did you get that? > 2008 data. And notice that I said PPI, not CPI.
> According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, > we've had deflation of about 1% over the past 12 months and > inflation of 1.7% over the past 7 months. > Yes, but I was talking about the period from 2008-01 to 2008-06. > http://www.bls.gov/cpi/home.htm > This site is awful. There's so much information that I have no idea where the data came from. But it probably came from that site. Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com