Historical Average Monthly Inflation Shows That Inflation is Typically Lower at End of Year 1950-2022 CPI-U Annualized [OC] Submitted by Sparta89 t3_102hf0z on January 3, 2023 at 7:46 PM in dataisbeautiful 13 comments 37
itsniickgeo t1_j2tczqo wrote on January 3, 2023 at 8:37 PM I would figure it would be higher in November and December with all of the Christmas gifts being bought Permalink 8 redditseddit4u t1_j2ty88m wrote on January 3, 2023 at 10:48 PM Inflation is calculated based on the prices people pay for goods/services. I’d suspect inflation is lower in Nov/Dec because retail usually offers sales/discounts in those months (people buy more but it’s perhaps at a slightly lower price) Permalink Parent 9 NCITUP t1_j2tguq2 wrote on January 3, 2023 at 9:00 PM Yeah. I would have added October too. Permalink Parent 4
redditseddit4u t1_j2ty88m wrote on January 3, 2023 at 10:48 PM Inflation is calculated based on the prices people pay for goods/services. I’d suspect inflation is lower in Nov/Dec because retail usually offers sales/discounts in those months (people buy more but it’s perhaps at a slightly lower price) Permalink Parent 9
NCITUP t1_j2tguq2 wrote on January 3, 2023 at 9:00 PM Yeah. I would have added October too. Permalink Parent 4
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