Back in the 70’s when food and housing were included in the COL index, the inflation rate was north of 9%.
I remember grocery shopping when the prices on food, increased daily. Canned goods were remarked several times a day and a can would be covered by numerous stickers.
Sometime later, food and housing were removed from the Index and voila, we had lower inflation.
Trust your instincts. We are so post-1984 that it’s frightening. Yet what can one individual do?
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“Sometime later, food and housing were removed from the Index and voila, we had lower inflation.”
I heard on Mark Levin that the Census Bureau is going to be revamping, and “improving” things next year when it comes to determining how well people’s health insurance is doing for them.
Sadly though, there will be no way to compare it with the years prior. What are the odds that they received this new mandate - and JUST when it was most crucial to be able to provide good comparisons.