>Would it not be fair to say that different subpopulations experience different effective inflation rates because they buy different things? Inflation is measu

>Would it not be fair to say that different subpopulations experience different effective inflation rates because they buy different things? Inflation is measured based on the changing the value of a dollar. So no, you can't have different inflation for different people. You can have a separate idea of a poverty line or cost of living. But that's a different concept and would need different measures.