# \[Financial Crue\] You morans jumped the gun...

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [March 14, 2008, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/financial-crue-you-morans-jumped-the-gun/44999 "2008-03-14T06:24:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/financial-crue-you-morans-jumped-the-gun/44999/1 "2008-03-14T06:24:09Z")

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[:mamoru:] [http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN1332191520080314](http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN1332191520080314)

> The department said its Consumer Price Index, the most widely used gauge of inflation, **was flat last month** after rising 0.4 percent in January. Even more significantly, **core consumer prices** that exclude food and energy items were **unchanged** in February after climbing 0.3 percent a month earlier.

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**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/financial-crue-you-morans-jumped-the-gun/44999/2 "2008-03-14T06:33:13Z")

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Core doesn’t reflect the food and energy items that make up most of the inflation we’re dealing with. Price increases on other items from higher energy costs will lag for a period or 2.

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**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/financial-crue-you-morans-jumped-the-gun/44999/3 "2008-03-14T06:36:35Z")

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> [@Joe](#):
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> Core doesn’t reflect the food and energy items that make up most of the inflation we’re dealing with. Price increases on other items from higher energy costs will lag for a period or 2.

:captainobvious:

> The department said its Consumer Price Index, the most widely used gauge of inflation, **was flat last month** after rising 0.4 percent in January. Even more significantly, **core consumer prices** that exclude food and energy items were **unchanged** in February after climbing 0.3 percent a month earlier.

Thread title was sarcastic… have you not had coffee yet?

Lagging for a period is a well deserved break none the less. The euro lost a couple points against the dollar already.

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**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/financial-crue-you-morans-jumped-the-gun/44999/4 "2008-03-14T06:39:00Z")

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ugh, i didnt even read your post, just clicked the link. my bad. I’m pounding it now. 5 mornings in a row wears me out.

EDIT:  
I also got distracted by this on the right side of that page.

> **[Chuck Norris the only WMD in Iraq, say U.S. troops](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-norris/chuck-norris-the-only-wmd-in-iraq-say-u-s-troops-idUSL0854496320080310?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0)**
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> Hollywood action star Chuck Norris, known for his martial arts prowess and tough-guy image, has become a cult figure among the U.S. military in Iraq and an unlikely hero for some in Iraq's security forces.

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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/financial-crue-you-morans-jumped-the-gun/44999/5 "2008-03-14T06:50:51Z")

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> Chuck Norris divides by zero.

🤣

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**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/financial-crue-you-morans-jumped-the-gun/44999/6 "2008-03-14T06:55:09Z")

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ZOMG This needs its own thread.

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**Author:** ![ineedacar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/48db29/32.png) [@ineedacar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ineedacar)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/financial-crue-you-morans-jumped-the-gun/44999/7 "2008-03-14T07:15:09Z")

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I wish I understood this shit more ☹