Just as the increased price of gas was overweighted in the increases in the CPI, so to is it overweighted in the drop. The swings in the price level are much more stable and it indicates to me the money supply hasn't been going up as much as some people worried. Note this:
The misery index right now is 10.2.
Over the past 12 months, consumer prices have risen by 3.7 percent, substantially below the 17-year high of a 12-month price increase of 5.6 percent set this summer. Core prices are up 2.2 percent over the past 12 months. . . .
The misery index right now is 10.2.
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Obviously the CPI isn't good at dealing with sudden large changes in the price of one heavily weighted product
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