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It would be interesting if house and car prices counted when reporting inflation figures.
by acd 5y ago
It would be interesting if house and car prices counted when reporting inflation figures.
- baq 5y agohousing and rent is ~1/3 of CPI. used cars are ~2.5%.
- Scoundreller 5y agoSo if used cars double in price, then that's 2.5% of absolute inflation before anything else moves.
- alphabettsy 5y agoThey do afaik. https://www.bls.gov/cpi/factsheets/used-cars-and-trucks.htm https://www.bls.gov/cpi/factsheets/used-cars-and-trucks.htm There are different CPIs and debate over accuracy.