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     Mentioned in this Episode:   Contact Derek Moore [email protected]   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/

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