Oddbean new post about login | logout The #Bitcoin price is up 157% the past year, but inflation is officially only 3% CPI is a lie
Of course it is. They manipulate the data and add/remove good to tilt the results in the directions they wish.
Precisely. If steak gets too expensive, just don't include it in the basket
I want to say they just recently removed something incredibly common, like coffee. You know it’s getting dire when they have to take out something over 80% of the population regularly purchases.
And the US consumes the most amount of coffee beans than any country as of 2020-21 https://image.nostr.build/24ae1d44a1ac56aa90019accf759f711eeb4ef6149c4f6d9b441e1141831e38a.jpg
