In One Chart: Inflation is following an ‘eerily similar’ path to the one taken in 1966–82

Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesInflation has been full of surprises throughout its three-year climb in the U.S., yet one thing that apparently hasn’t changed is its overall path when compared with what it did between 1966 and 1982. A chart of the year-over-year change in the consumer-price index shows headline inflation is taking an “eerily similar” track to the one it took more than four decades ago, according to Alejandra Grindal, chief economist, and London Stockton, research analyst, at...