Commentary
The latest inflation news looks remarkably good, at least on the surface. The Labor Department reported that, overall, the consumer price index (CPI) for July showed no inflation.
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Inflation Won’t Go Away Soon
Believing July’s good inflation news will lead you astray
People shop in a supermarket as inflation affected consumer prices in Manhattan, New York City, on June 10, 2022. Andrew Kelly/Reuters
Milton Ezrati
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Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, a New York-based communications firm. Before joining Vested, he served as chief market strategist and economist for Lord, Abbett & Co. He also writes frequently for City Journal and blogs regularly for Forbes. His latest book is "Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live."
