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To: Earlie who wrote (70695)11/18/1999 11:04:00 AM
From: Les H  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 132070
 
CPI Core Inflation - Wait Till Next Year

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To: Earlie who wrote (70695)11/18/1999 4:22:00 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 132070
 
Thanks, Earlie

So, if I understand you, the manufacturing glut and the Asian crisis currency devaluations are deflating commodities (that's what mike meant when he said that our trade deficit allowed us to import deflation), while everything else inflates. Meanwhile the CPI has been adjusted only to measure commodities.