> Tumbling mobile-phone fees, driven by a government campaign against carriers, are pulling down the consumer-price index as a whole.

I can confirm this, I switched to a low cost carrier last year and it’s saving me a boat load.

I think about the situation here every time I see an inflation article on hacker news. As it turns out, economics is really hard, and I find that a global view gives the humility needed to avoid parroting the “obvious reasons”.