Economic data from the government has been sketchy since reports for August were released. Although the government collected data during September, no one was working during the government shutdown in October to process the data. The shutdown ended on November 12, so no data was collected in the first half of November, which taints the value of the economic reports for November. The gap in data collection between August and mid-November severely impacted the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), annual Headline inflation fell from 3.0% in...
