On: US Consumer Price Index up 4.2%

[jschveibinz]

For your interpretation:

All items: +0.5% monthly; +4.2% year-over-year.

Energy: +3.9% monthly; +23.5% year-over-year.

Gasoline: +7.0% monthly; +40.5% year-over-year.

Fuel oil: +58.9% year-over-year.

Electricity: +0.6% monthly; +5.9% year-over-year.

Utility natural gas: -0.5% monthly; +3.0% year-over-year.

Food overall: +0.2% monthly; +3.1% year-over-year.

Food at home / groceries: +0.1% monthly.

Food away from home / restaurants: +0.3% monthly.

Nonalcoholic beverages: +0.6% monthly.

Cereals and bakery products: +0.4% monthly.

Fruits and vegetables: +0.2% monthly.

Dairy: -0.6% monthly.

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs: -0.2% monthly.

Core CPI / all items less food and energy: +0.2% monthly; +2.9% year-over-year.

Shelter overall: +0.3% monthly.

Rent: +0.4% monthly.

Owners’ equivalent rent: +0.3% monthly.

Lodging away from home: +0.4% monthly.

Communication: +1.3% monthly.

Airline fares: +2.7% monthly.

Personal care: +1.0% monthly.

Recreation: +0.3% monthly.

Apparel: +0.3% monthly.

Used cars and trucks: +0.1% monthly.

Medical care: +0.3% monthly.

Hospital services: +0.7% monthly.

Motor vehicle insurance: -1.7% monthly.

Household furnishings and operations: -0.6% monthly.

New vehicles: -0.3% monthly.

Prescription drugs: -0.9% monthly.

[gf263 → jschveibinz]

At least raw milk is getting cheaper

[pixl97 → gf263]

Na, the hospital/medical care that comes along with it has gone up.

[rilindo → gf263]

And eggs! Don't forget about the eggs!

[tbyehl → rilindo]

My chicken tending has fallen to barely break-even on an EBIDTA basis.

[wahnfrieden → gf263]

Raw milk is hazardous