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minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·6 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Consumer_Price_Index#Item_coverage
minus-squarebrown567@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 days agoThat <3% still doesn’t make sense, because my food and housing have gone up 50% in the last few years, and the rest sure haven’t gone down
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoSure, but that’s a sample size of 1. And, were there other years where the inflation rate was 3% or something, but you personally had a rate lower than that? You might not have noticed because it’s hard to notice when things aren’t changing.
minus-squareDragomus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoAhhh yes … ahem, that one totally slipped my mind :-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Consumer_Price_Index#Item_coverage
That <3% still doesn’t make sense, because my food and housing have gone up 50% in the last few years, and the rest sure haven’t gone down
Sure, but that’s a sample size of 1. And, were there other years where the inflation rate was 3% or something, but you personally had a rate lower than that? You might not have noticed because it’s hard to notice when things aren’t changing.
Ahhh yes … ahem, that one totally slipped my mind :-)