Inflation: The Components
September 16, 2021 at 00:00 AM EDT
Year-over-year Core CPI was above 2% from the end of 2015 through Feb. 2017 only to flip-flop again until the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, when Core CPI fell below 2%. Beginning in April 2021, both Core and Headline were above the 2% benchmark.