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HenriO's avatar

Placing current inflation on an “apples to apples” basis to make historical comparisons: if today’s inflation rate were calculated using the same methodology that was used in the Carter years, today’s inflation rate would be approximately 17%.

http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts

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Steve's avatar

Excluding food and energy from the overall inflation calculation is absolutely ludicrous and disingenuous to say the least! What a scam to fool the mostly unaware masses.

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