The U.S. CPI numbers came out today (see chart below). A lot of noise was made last week about inflation worries starting to surface in yields from the auctions of U.S. Treasuries. This WSJ piece from last Thursday posited that the higher yields might be signaling inflation in six-to-nine months. Jim Hamilton had a great analysis two weeks ago explaining why we should probably still be more worried about deflation than inflation. I had a post a few months ago debunking some of the inflation rhetoric from the far right. Below is a chart of the core CPI (overall prices minus food and energy) in terms of year-over-year percentage change. We're definitely not in high inflation territory yet.
