I don’t care that much about the exact inflation % other than to know that I don’t believe the official numbers. So I invest to make money off it. I know the trend, I know that dollars are being printed faster than physical assets can be produced and I know that the dollar has lost value vs most major curriencies and every commodity that I can think of.
But if you are making money, then I can assume you know what you’re doing. I can also assume that others know what they are doing, as well (no one’s been jumping out of windows just yet). If that’s the case, then your comment that “when the Fed stopped publishing M-3 that they didn’t want people to know how fast they were increasing the money supply” is rather odd?