Originally Posted by
Nantonaku
Never ever have two months been compared to each other to come up with a definition that inflation is 0%. EVER. You can say inflation is down .5% from the previous month or inflation isn't as high as the previous month but you absolutely cannot say inflation is 0% in July. For all of humankind the CPI is what is referred to when you quote an inflation rate. You don't get to say inflation is 0% in July. You guys are ridiculous.
i listen to a fair number of economics podcasts and they all talk about annual and month-over-month inflation. If you’ve “never ever” heard a discussion of MoM inflation, you haven’t been reading or listening. In fact, monthly inflation numbers are literally page 2 of the monthly BLS press release for inflation