Reply #8: I had to laugh at Bob Brinker this afternoon...

[Purveyor]

Telling his audience to be prepared for the announcement of the inflation rate.

He said, pay no attention to the rate published but look to the "core rate" that excludes the uptick in energy costs.

Of course "no one" uses energy so it is excluded from the "core rate".../sarcasm off

Brinker had the same type comments on the weekly "jobless claims" due out Thursday AM... IIRC he hinted at those being an aberration, also.

"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain"!!!