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Peter Schiff: When It Comes To Inflation, We're Just Getting Started

• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

For the first time, the numbers were in line with expectations, leading many mainstream pundits to declare "transitory" inflation is already starting to cool down. Peter Schiff broke down the report in his podcast. He said inflation is far from cooling off. In fact, when it comes to rising prices, you haven't seen anything yet.

July CPI rose 0.5% month-on-month. This was in line with expectations for the first time this year. Every other CPI report had come in hotter than expected.

The year-on-year CPI came in at 5.4% – a high number, but in line with expectations. Core CPI, stripping out more volatile food and energy, charted below estimates at 0.3%.

Adding up the monthly CPI increases gives us a 4.1% inflation rate through the first seven months of 2021. As Peter pointed out, that's more than double the Fed's target of "slightly above 2%," and we're barely over halfway through the year. If you annualized the first seven months, you get around 7.2% inflation for 2021.