This is my interpretation as an economist not at the fed or in another government agency and with access only to the same public information you have, but with a bit more background in macro. As always, I may be wrong!
This is my interpretation as an economist not at the fed or in another government agency and with access only to the same public information you have, but with a bit more background in macro. As always, I may be wrong!
I don't believe for a second you're actually confused. You know very well that "inflation is down" means the inflation rate is down. If inflation were actually down that would be called "deflation" and no one would be celebrating (except the goldbugs).
What news we have is objectively both a change and an improvement. Pretending otherwise is ridiculous. The inflation rate is way down by all metrics.
And it was never all that bad to start with. It never even hit 10%. Inflation was a problem but one modern governments run by adults are demonstrably capable of dealing with. The response didn't even cause a recession!
These mean the same thing; they're both referring to the second derivative of prices w.r.t. time. There is nothing wrong with GP's phrasing.