At 3.258% in Jan 2025, the rate of core cpi inflation year over year is still 65.8% worse than the annual average 2017-2020.
The rate has been going sideways since Jul 2024, seven months.
The Fed has failed, the Congress has failed, and the Executive has failed. They all suck at their jobs, which is to say they're doing great! They're bloodsuckers after all.
All figures are the not-seasonally-adjusted figures.
The 2017-2020 average was 1.965%.
The 2024 average was 3.4%.
The 2021-2024 average was 4.48%.
The percent change in Jan 2025 was +0.56986%, which since Jan 2021 is the third worst Jan out of four.
