Kind of, yes. Prices have risen 2.7% over the year, but 0.2% over the month. Which is down from 0.3% the previous month. So, holding steady, in a 2.7% kind of way. The “upward pressure” is in the eye of the beholder, like floaters. One thinks one sees something, and one does, just not what one thought one saw. Repeat ad nauseam, alas. The floaters, I mean.
Kind of, yes. Prices have risen 2.7% over the year, but 0.2% over the month. Which is down from 0.3% the previous month. So, holding steady, in a 2.7% kind of way. The “upward pressure” is in the eye of the beholder, like floaters. One thinks one sees something, and one does, just not what one thought one saw. Repeat ad nauseam, alas. The floaters, I mean.