TBT - Inflation Falls Again Dot-Com Like
US inflation in January 2019 was, according to the CPI, the lowest in years. At just 1.55% year over year, the index hadn’t suggested this level since September 2016 right at the outset of what would become Reflation #3. Having hyped expectations over that interim, US policymakers now have to face the repercussions of unwinding the hysteria.
Live by oil, now die by oil. The process has been exactly the same in each month. The energy component once amplifying the headline has turned around to subtract from it for the second straight, down nearly 5%