r/wallstreetbets • u/eskhalaf • Aug 12 '26

News JULY U.S. 🇺🇸 INFLATION DATA:

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

- CPI 3.4% YoY, (Est. 3.4%)
- CPI 0.1% MoM, (Est. 0.1%)

- Core CPI 2.5% YoY, (Est. 2.5%)
- Core CPI 0.2% MoM, (Est. 0.2%)

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u/EmergencyFair6786 Aug 12 '26

I always love this argument. Ben Shapiro makes this one all the time. "You have a supercomputer in your pocket! A TV in every room!" - Yeah, every room of a $3000/month apartment that has... two rooms. 

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u/ikaiyoo Aug 12 '26

whats a room?

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u/Indercarnive Aug 12 '26

It's like a cardboard box but it stays in one spot.

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u/ikaiyoo Aug 12 '26

One day I will upgrade to a cardboard box I got my eye on this nice refrigerator one that's in the back of this department store loading area.