Economists are viewing the delayed November consumer price index report with a dose of skepticism. The November data release Thursday was delayed by 8 days because of the U.S. government #shutdown, but more importantly, the October data was canceled, leaving it to the BLS to make certain methodological assumptions about the prior months’ #inflation levels. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the annual headline inflation rate and core #CPI rate for last month were 2.7% and 2.6%, respect