Let's see how honest libs are. Are food and energy factored into inflation numbers?

[tyroneweaver]

Yes or NO

 

[rightwinger]

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[BluesLegend]

Let's see how honest libs are.​

LMAO, I'll get to the thread topic but that was funny!

 

[Dante]

Let's see how honest libs are. Are food and energy factored into inflation numbers?​

Are they? By every measure? Should they be? What is your point, and do you have an agenda? Why should anyone here take yous seriously?

Is this a bait thread?

 

[Dante]

LMAO, I'll get to the thread topic but that was funny!

Really? There is a topic? Fishing without a license?

 

[Dante]

Yes or NO

Why is one answer capitalized, and the other not? Is it a new form of bait?

 

[rampart]

Yes or NO

by "inflation numbers" do you mean "consumer price index?"

 

[BluesLegend]

Really? There is a topic? Fishing without a license?

Hey can a 3rd grader help this poster?

 

[rampart]

Yes or NO

YES​

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Has the BLS removed food or energy prices in its official measure of inflation?​

No. The BLS publishes thousands of CPI indexes each month, including the headline All Items CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the CPI-U for All Items Less Food and Energy. The latter series, widely referred to as the "core" CPI, is closely watched by many economic analysts and policymakers under the belief that food and energy prices are volatile and are subject to price shocks that cannot be damped through monetary policy. However, all consumer goods and services, including food and energy, are represented in the headline CPI.

Most importantly, none of the prominent legislated uses of the CPI excludes food and energy. Social security and federal retirement benefits are updated each year for inflation by the All Items CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). Individual income tax parameters and Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) returns are based on the All Items CPI-U.

 

[Dante]

Why is one answer capitalized, and the other not? Is it a new form of bait?

Hmm...

 

[Rogue AI]

Hey can a 3rd grader help this poster?

Third graders are probably over qualified for the task. To the point at hand, Democrats have a long history of manipulating data for their own purposes.