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Comment by smallmancontrov

3 hours ago

Nice try, now use a deflator that doesn't systematically understate housing and forced substitution.

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skybrian  17 minutes ago

A national average (which is what an inflation rate is) can only do so much. It's going to include people who spend very different amounts on housing, probably not much like the situation where you live.

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