jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agoBiden expands window to try and keep millions more low-income Americans insuredwww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down13
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minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoCPI-U is 3%: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.t01.htm
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@monero.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 months 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%
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%