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	Podcast:		Up First
	Episode:		BONUS: The Indicator: Inflation Or Shrinkflation?
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:20:38
	Publish Date:		2021-07-25 12:00:04
	Description:		This week's bonus episode of Up First comes from NPR's daily business podcast The Indicator from Planet Money. The Bureau of Labor Statistics updates the Consumer Price Index each month. The latest number shows a 5.4% increase over the last twelve months. That has some inflation watchers worried. So how do we measure inflation? And what about inflation's sneaky cousin, "shrinkflation"?
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