Title: I&#x27;m posting this on this forum because this is an innumeracy issue and you folks are very numerate. If I discuss this anywhere else the politics and emotions will distract, but the numbers are the focus here:<p>The last three months, core CPI month over month have been 0.0%, 0.1%, and 0.4% respectively (annualized rates of about 0%, 1%, and 5% respectively, or about 2% overall)<p>Yet for three straight months every time these numbers come out the NY Times and other media plaster a front page story saying &quot;Inflation is stubbornly still at 8.9%&quot; or something, because they are choosing to use a 12 month rolling average, but they all talk about it as if that&#x27;s just natural, not a choice (and a questionable choice that is at too coarse a level to see what&#x27;s happening RIGHT NOW)<p>Certainly there&#x27;s plenty of nuance to go around -- inflation has been very low for 3 months, but was rather high for months before that, so it&#x27;s hardly time to celebrate yet. But the indicators from the most recent 3 months are consistently VERY GOOD if you want inflation reduced, and this part, which is also the more news-worthy part, is not getting any attention.<p>What&#x27;s up with this? Mainstream media has always been a little innumerate but this is a whole other level. Is it innumeracy in journalism, ideological bias, general fearmongering to sell papers, or what?
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