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 Spread over the last three years, price inflation is more than three times what the Fed was supposedly looking for. That is, at a 2% annual gain, prices should be about 6% higher than they were in 2021. Instead, they are, officially, 20% higher.  Pee the Wall Street Journal, the cost of medical care insurance has gone up at a 7% rate for the last two years: Average cost of family coverage reached roughly $25,500 this year... projected to rise rapidly again in 2025. The Ford F-150, was at $30,000 in 2021. At 2% inflation, the price of this year’s model ought to be $31,800. It’s not. It’s $38,000 — a 26% increase... or four times higher than it should to be. In housing, the average house cost about $300,000 in 2007. At 2% inflation, it should cost about $420,000 today. Instead, it’s close to $500,000 today. Thank God for Bitcoin.