Wow. I am shocked and pleased. I may be able to calculate to a real increase in my Safe Spending Amount (SSA, Chapter 2, Nest Egg Care) at the end of November! I would have thought this was impossible last year at this time.

The inflation report issued Wednesday showed a fourth month of low inflation. The 12-month inflation rate was 2.6% for the most widely reported seasonally-adjusted measure; that’s a decline from 2.9% last month. And 12-month inflation will likely decline again with next month’s report: inflation in