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minus-squareshortwavesurfer@monero.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoAccording to the way the government runs the numbers now, sure, we are about 3%. With the way the government used to run the numbers, which is more accurate, it’s way higher than that.
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNot really, no? There’s no index that’s significantly higher than 3%
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@monero.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agohttps://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts This is the way inflation was measured in the 1980s and according to it, we are over ten percent.
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoCPI-U is 3%: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.t01.htm
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@monero.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoWell, it may be at 3%, but I certainly don’t believe that the actual number is 3%. I know my cost of energy and food has gone up by more than 3%. Edit: The government last year said it was 8% yet when I recalculated my energy bill it had increased by 20%
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAs to the other metrics noted in that article: https://www.usnews.com/opinion/economic-intelligence/2014/10/17/shadowstats-and-the-alternate-inflation-myth
According to the way the government runs the numbers now, sure, we are about 3%. With the way the government used to run the numbers, which is more accurate, it’s way higher than that.
Not really, no? There’s no index that’s significantly higher than 3%
https://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts
This is the way inflation was measured in the 1980s and according to it, we are over ten percent.
CPI-U is 3%:
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.t01.htm
Well, it may be at 3%, but I certainly don’t believe that the actual number is 3%. I know my cost of energy and food has gone up by more than 3%.
Edit: The government last year said it was 8% yet when I recalculated my energy bill it had increased by 20%
As to the other metrics noted in that article:
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/economic-intelligence/2014/10/17/shadowstats-and-the-alternate-inflation-myth