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2. Its why its silly to have energy prices in an inflation index.

Reply to Owlet (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 09:07 AM

Mar 2012

When gas prices fall this summer it won't be called "deflation".

Are gas prices in a long-term upward trend? Sure. That is not inflation though. I hear a lot of what Paul Krugman derisively calls "Inflationistas" yapping about this. They don't know what inflation is.

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"Excluding volatile food and energy prices" DJ13 Mar 2012 #1

Its why its silly to have energy prices in an inflation index. banned from Kos Mar 2012 #2