Longest federal government shutdown meant data was only collected for second half of November
US prices rose 2.7% in the year to November, according to federal data released a day after Donald Trump claimed they were falling “very fast” on his watch.
The latest consumer price index, released on Wednesday morning, was down from 3% in September, and short of economists’ expectations of about 3.1% for last month.
It comes amid questions over the strength of the US economy. The longest US federal government shutdown in history halted collection of key data. There was no inflation report for October, and data was only collected for the second half of November.
We are way overdue for wage growth
republicans and centrist democrats worked together to make sure that didn’t happen. And they will continue to do so for as long as possible.
Then those democrats and republicans need to go
Yeah, but that’s never happening. Democrats protect centrist incumbents and prefer republicans to progressives.
That will happen, and it needs to happen
It needs to happen, which is why it won’t.
It will happen, and it must
How will it happen?