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> nowhere is uncertainty/spread/variance discussed

This is the standard for reporting on inflation data. Do you know of a reporting on inflation where they mention an uncertainty measure? For example when reporting on the difference between this year and last year's inflation number?

> failing to mention it's a difference of 1% over 7-8%

Quoting from the article:

> Over the past five years, millennials have seen their goods become 8.7% more expensive, Generation X 8%, and baby boomers 7.6%.


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