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You concede that monthly inflation is volatile but then proceed to assume it is has grown uniformly and speculate that it will continue to grow uniformly? Umm..

• UncleMeat 1y ago
  The point is that the annual number is often rather confusing from a reporting perspective.
  • m101 1y ago
    And that an annual number is diluted and will only feed in slowly over time. If we knew inflation was permanently at 5% from now on, a blend with 2% for 11 months and 5% for 1 month, is not informative.
    • jlongr 1y ago
      Pointless observation.
  • jlongr 1y ago
    They said: "12*0.4% is 4.8%. Inflation is running at an annualised 4.8%." This is patently wrong.
    • readthenotes1 1y ago
      Because it's 1.04^12? Or are you addressing some other flaw?