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No Inflation If You Don’t Eat or Drive

May 14th, 2008 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Featured, Financial News

Inflation, if you believe what the government tells you, ran at 3.9% in the 12 months ending this April, but was it more like 5% or even 10%?

According to CNN “part of the disconnect may be due to the fact that nondurable goods, such as food and gasoline, makes up only 12% of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the main measure of inflation.