>> how exactly do you propose the CPI is manipulated One way is OER, aka Owners Equivalent Rent. Great article https://wolfstreet.com/2021/03/11/house-price-i

>> how exactly do you propose the CPI is manipulated One way is OER, aka Owners Equivalent Rent. Great article https://wolfstreet.com/2021/03/11/house-price-inflation-in-cpi-is-of-course-baloney-but-it-accounts-for-1-4-of-total-cpi/ https://wolfstreet.com/2021/03/11/house-price-inflation-in-c... (look at that graph half way down). Another way is "hedonic adjustments". https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/603/inflation/hedonics-and-inflation/ https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/603/inflation/hedonics-an...