Commentary
It’s CPI day today, with all the predictable blather and nonsense about how what you absolutely know to be true is certainly not true because the experts say otherwise. This keeps happening these days: we know one thing—in this case that our purchasing power is being slammed—but regime spokesmen keep saying we are wrong.
The top-line number today is 6.5 percent for the year and down 0.1 percent for the month. That seems good or at least better. Therefore, of course, the media spin on awful inflation numbers is the same that it has been for the last year: it’s not an issue! It’s going down! Stop complaining! If you complain about inflation, you are probably an unmasked anti-vaxxer with a gas stove….