Good news. Really. Prices are down. It's costing less to live. Inflation is deflated.The Bureau of Labor Statistics is out this week with its latest two-month numbers. The All-Items Consumer Price Index for the Tacoma-Bremerton-Seattle area is down 0.1 percent as of August, and the index is down 0.3 percent from August 2008.Worth noting in breakouts: Groceries are down 1.5 percent for the two months; housing is down 0.1 percent; furniture is down 1.6 percent; medical care is down 0.4 percent; an...
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