Just FYI, during the shutdown the BLS put out some VERY suspect numbers, even by their poor standards. It involved a frankly unbelievable drop in a measurement called OER (which is a bullshit measure to begin with, ostensibly measuring rent as a service, asking homeowners what they'd get if they rented their home out currently - and yes, this type of BS is what they use to calculate inflation which is why their numbers are shit). The whole thing looks like an arm-twisting ploy to make it look like inflation is decreasing when in fact it has been accelerating for some time. Both Trump and the Fed are lying through their teeth about this.
