2023-07-12 18:48:35
The second chart in this tweet is far more accurate. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(1-1-7) Author
2023-07-12 20:53:36
The tweet is factually correct and doesn't embellish at all. The fact that CPI is still higher than it was pre-inflation is also true, but doesn't negate anything about the original tweet. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(2-0-1) Author
2023-07-12 20:53:56
The point of the inflation reduction act was not to stop inflation but to return it to more normal levels, hence the term reduction. The change in slopes in the 2nd graph in the proposed note shows that inflation rates are getting closer to pre-2020 levels since mid 2022. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(2-0-1) Author
2023-07-12 21:12:43
Tweet is factual. No note needed. [Link][Link][Link] Any debate on whether we should look at Consumer Price Index instead of inflation belongs to the replies. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(3-0-2) Author
2023-07-13 00:59:43
This tweet is intentionally misleading, the graph shows the evolution of inflation, not its index. As the graph descends, inflation slows down, but doesn't stop or doesn't "fall". This graph from the same source shows the actual index : [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(4-1-4) Author
2023-07-13 02:30:02
The proposed note confuses falling inflation and deflation. Inflation is the change/time (ie first derivative) of the price for a basket of consumer goods. If the increase in cost is slowing (ie second derivative is < 0), then inflation is decreasing, even as prices rise. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(4-0-0) Author