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sph 11 hours ago

> Inflation is an average of many things

What other things have been getting cheaper in the last ~2 years?

And as it's an average of many things, it's quite easy to change which 'things' it is calculated upon to show whatever number is more convenient politically.

rsanek 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Turns out, BLS actually lists this stuff when they release CPI figures.

Used cars & trucks; butter; cheese; flour; chicken; textbooks; drugs are all down since ~2 years ago. Not an exhaustive list!

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.htm

treis 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Eggs. That was the last omg inflation is crazy story and now they're about as cheap as they've ever been.