Derek is back to discuss the recent media reports of highest inflation in 30 years. What is true and what isn’t? Plus he takes a deeper dive into inflation components, inflation sentiment effecting consumer beheavior, and sticky vs flexible inflation.

Inflation at 30 year highs

Today’s inflation vs late seventies and early eighties inflation

Flexible inflation (CPI) vs Sticky inflation (CPI)

What makes up the CPI index

Year to date 5.8% inflation in 2021

How many years have we seen deflation

Michigan Consumer Sentiment release

1 year inflation expectations vs 5 year

5 year treasury breakeven inflation rates surging

Consumer behavior around deflationary and inflationary periods

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Contact Derek Moore derek.moore@zegafinancial.com

Derek Moore’s Book Broken Pie Chart https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Pie-Chart-Investment-Portfolio/dp/1787435547?ref_=nav_signin&

Michigan Consumer Sentiment Inflation Expectations http://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/tables.html

CPI All Items annual Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPIAUCSL#0

Flexible CPI vs Sticky CPI https://www.atlantafed.org/research/inflationproject/stickyprice

BLS full PDF release CPI https://www.bls.gov/cpi/