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Inflation Statistics

The Inflation-Deflation Debate Continues

by Nilus Mattive on April 15, 2009

in Inflation Statistics

Today we saw another dip in the CPI. March CPI pulled back 0.1% as declining energy prices offset the biggest jump in tobacco prices in at least 10 years (due to the large tax hike I mentioned in the March issue of Dividend Superstars).  
When you couple this surprise dip in CPI with yesterday’s data on [...]

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As I said in my Money & Markets column on Tuesday, deflation might be here, but select items continue to defy gravity.
Health care costs (or “insurance costs” if you prefer!) fit the bill.
And so do postage rates, apparently.
You might have heard the news a few days ago … the U.S. Post Office will be raise the rate of a First-Class Mail Stamp another [...]

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