Originally Posted by jwalker77
Originally Posted by Tree Dweller
Food and energy are supposedly not in this number.
This is my point. If the things ordinary people spend $$ on every day arent even considered, what does it matter what the inflation numbers are? Were talking two different languages

Energy and food are " volatile" commodities. Thus they got thrown out. Ya can't bet the farm on these numbers anyway. They say it is for long range cyphering.