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ProfessorGAC

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6. Huh?

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 07:34 PM

Apr 14

Consumer prices rose 3.3% in March from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Friday, up sharply from just 2.4% in February and the biggest yearly increase since May 2024. On a monthly basis, prices rose 0.9% in March from February, the largest such increase in nearly four years.

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Prices rose 0.9% in a month which annualized to 3.3%? How the heck does that work?

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