Ronald Reagan actually said...

I know that you've heard the news already, that the rate of increase in inflation for September is in, and I no longer can say that inflation for 1982 so far is 5.1 [percent]. It is only 4.8.

Context

Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters on the Economy

10/25/1982

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