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Inside Arbitrage Friday Wrap – An Encouraging Consumer Price Index (CPI) Report

  • January 13, 2023

FRIDAY WRAP

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U.S. Inflation and The Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Prices fell in December with the headline CPI at -0.1% (or a -0.9% annual rate).


It really is astonishing that core CPI is back at 3.1% on a 3-month annualized basis


Here’s the key to the CPI report


The next six CPI reports will "roll off" monthly jumps of +0.6%, +0.8%, +1.2%, +0.3%, +1.0% and +1.3%.


The inflation dilettante chart!


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Merger Mondays in high gear ⚙️ today


Tegna falls as Sen. Elizabeth Warren urges FCC to block sale to Standard General


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Sandwich chain Subway is on the block


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Investing

Well, 2022 was a good start.


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I keep trying to use ChatGPT for @AcquiredFM research, but it keeps lying. And so confidently!


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