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The rate was not sustained because the books have been cooked. How the US measures has been periodically tweaked to keep the 2% story going. Using the early 198
by bdefore 6y ago
The rate was not sustained because the books have been cooked. How the US measures has been periodically tweaked to keep the 2% story going. Using the early 1980's metric of inflation we've been at roughly 10% annually since the turn of the millennium: http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts