And Survey Says:
Consumer price index eases to 8.5%
The Market seems happy with the news as futures rise 400+ points.
And before the usual mindless ad hominem attacks begin, I am not championing a CPI of 8.5% or taking a victory lap or a closet socialist or apologist for Biden's bungling of the economy...
It IS funny how the Mainstream Media is welcoming the 8.5% as the second coming of Christ.
However, the 8.5% is (economically) an irrelevant number. Yes, it's real, yes it's a s#it show. But the 8.5% happened over the past 11 months, because it's a year/year number.
The relevant number is the monthly increase since June, which was 0. May to June inflation was 1.3%. That is inflation going away completely. (You may notice that they are reporting CPI, not Core CPI or CPE, as they have done during the run up, since these show politically less desirable numbers; but I digress).
That, of course, begs the question: what does a sudden stop in inflation mean? It meant people and companies quit buying stuff, and that's there's more stuff than the economy needs.
Also known as "recession".
But, by all means, let's celebrate inflation going away.