These communist media hacks just can’t help themselves… Steve LIESman, a hack for CNBC verbally gasped as he read the “better than expected” inflation numbers that are now at their lowest level in five years… Cope LIESman.
CNBC audibly GASPS as new inflation numbers destroy expectations.
“OH, coming in a little bit better than expected. 2.7%. That is a very good number here, very low monthly rate here.”
The lowest since 2021.
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CNBC senior economics reporter Steve Liesman appeared stunned Thursday while reporting on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures during “Squawk Box.”
The CPI rose 2.7% year-to-year in November, down from a 3.0% year-to-year increase in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Liesman appeared to gasp as he read the numbers to “Squawk Box” co-hosts Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin. (RELATED: ‘No Other Way To Spin It’: CNN Expert Says Inflation Number ‘Positive News’)
“Now the number of the morning, the CPI,” Liesman said, before he apparently gasped. “Oh, maybe coming in a little bit better than expected, 2.7%. a little light here. I’m not calling I’m just reading the headlines here. Year over year, 2.7, [excluding] food and energy core [2.6], so four-tenths off. That is a very good number here.”