(Wall Street Journal) Data on the consumer price index are released near the middle of each month. Data on GDP are released on the last Friday of each month (in preliminary, revised, and then final form).Analysis of these data releases appears in the first section of the following weekday's Wall Street Journal. Look in the Economy section to find the story. What do the latest available data tell you about the current rate of inflation and the current rate of GDP growth? Is the economy in a recession or an expansion?