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Old 09-14-2022, 05:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Rainger99 View Post
Inflation is still high - it was 8.5% in July and it was 8.3% in August.

I saw one article that said if you exclude food and gas, inflation was "only" 6.3%. However, I don't know why you would exclude two items that are necessary to survive. Maybe you could exclude entertainment or travel - which are more discretionary spending than food and gas.
Without wishing to make matters seem worse, you could think of an 8.3% level of inflation as the need to work one month out of the year for no income. Kinda puts things into perspective.