This is Motley Full Answers. I'm Alison Southwick and I'm joined by Rebertsin, Brokampson,

personal finance expert here at the Motley Fool. This week, all anyone can talk about is

inflation. And that's us too. All that and Bitcoin on this week's episode of Motleyful

Answers.

What's everyone's aberration fixation, causing consternation and an inflammation of economist contemplation as we consult the CPI fluctuations and supply chain limitations for causation?

It's inflation.

But what does that mean for your allocation and financial vexation? Will it all

result in devastation? Calm your palpitations because bro is here with his ruminations.

Woo! One take! Yes! I have a few sometimes embarrassingly simple questions about inflation, and luckily I have a bro

to deliver me some answers. Last week, inflation concerns hit a fever pitch as the Bureau of Labor

Statistics announced that the Consumer Price Index rose 6.2% in October. Now, let's be clear that

6.2% compared to the previous year, not 6.2% over the month. But this is still the largest

rise in three decades. Side note, the older I get, the less outrageous three decades

sounds. Like the 90s were not that long ago. I mean, tell me something hasn't happened since the

70s and I'm going to sit up. But the 90s, I mean, oh, man, bro, is Nirvana considered oldies now?

I sure is helicopter hope not. Oh, geez. Anyway, all right, I have questions. I can depend on you,

bro, for answers. So let's get into it, shall we? Let's do it. All right, here we go. Remember how I said

some of the questions were going to be a bit embarrassing?

So what is inflation? Well, inflation basically is the rise in the prices of goods and services

offered for sale. Now, given that there are hundreds of millions of things and services

you can buy nowadays, measuring it can be a little challenging and

frankly somewhat debatable. The federal government attempts to measure inflation via two primary

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