The assessment of 74% of respondents to a Wall Street Journal poll of swing states that inflation moved in the wrong direction in the past year is false, contradicted by hard economic data that appear to have little bearing on people's perception of their own situation.

The assessment of 74% of respondents to a Wall Street Journal poll of swing states that inflation moved in the wrong direction in the past year is false, contradicted by hard economic data that appear to have little bearing on people’s perception of their own situation.