[jollyllama]

> In other words, this might be true because the “inflation-rate“ was high, but it was high because the cost of oil went up.

No way. Housing and food have gone way up from Obama-era levels, but gas has yet to even come close to the cost at the time.

Edit: If anything, it's really the opposite. Cheap gas has been holding down inflation estimates.

[_diyar]

Do you believe the price of housing and food is unrelated to the cost of oil?

[jollyllama]

For the time period in question, practically, yes, because the price of housing and food went up while the price of oil stayed flat.