Sticker Shock

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Sticker Shock

The Fed may deny it, but Americans know that prices are rising. In this week’s Newsweek, Niall Ferguson takes a look at the Great Inflation of the 2010s.

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And the reason the CPI is losing credibility is that, as economist John Williams tirelessly points out, it’s a bogus index. The way inflation is calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics has been “improved” 24 times since 1978. If the old methods were still used, the CPI would actually be 10 percent. Yes, folks, double-digit inflation is back. Pretty soon you’ll be able to figure out the real inflation rate just by moving the decimal point in the core CPI one place to the right.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/...3790_niallfergusonthegreatinflationofthe2010s

 

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what do you have against bailing out billionaires of both parties?

 

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Sticker Shock

The Fed may deny it, but Americans know that prices are rising. In this week’s Newsweek, Niall Ferguson takes a look at the Great Inflation of the 2010s.

...

And the reason the CPI is losing credibility is that, as economist John Williams tirelessly points out, it’s a bogus index. The way inflation is calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics has been “improved” 24 times since 1978. If the old methods were still used, the CPI would actually be 10 percent. Yes, folks, double-digit inflation is back. Pretty soon you’ll be able to figure out the real inflation rate just by moving the decimal point in the core CPI one place to the right.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/...3790_niallfergusonthegreatinflationofthe2010s

Yup... Just imagine if it ever reaches "2"... They "improve" it so that when you lose actual value in your house and make less money you still can't get a Cost of Living increase. I wonder what they have against the "little guy"...