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What’s Your Personal Inflation Rate?

To know what's really happening to your own standard of living, don't pay attention to government's statistics – just go to the grocery store or a department store and look around you.

A tale of many inflations

New numbers out today from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show consumer prices unchanged from last month. At least that’s the case for the core measure of inflation, which strips out food and energy prices since they’re so volatile. If you add those in, which you might want to do if you are thinking about [...]