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20 Years of Price Changes in the United States
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on Oct 29, 2019
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simonblack
on Oct 29, 2019
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It's interesting to apply the the 'Rule of 72' to these figures and work out the underlying rates of inflation/deflation.
Official CPI figures can be so far off the mark that they are meaningless.
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Official CPI figures can be so far off the mark that they are meaningless.