[lbo-talk] CPI up only 0.2 per cent

Jordan Hayes jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com
Thu May 15 11:03:54 PDT 2008


Doug writes:


> the impact on household budgets is considerably smaller
> (so far) than it was in the 1979-81 spike.

Does that take into account how much different the food supply is today than it was 30 years ago, or is it just energy and transportation costs? I mean, a good portion of the US pretty much _eats_ oil three times daily.

/jordan



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