What I'm saying is that if you're upper middle class income you are probably more concerned about the cost of housing than the cost of energy/food/etc. CPI inc

What I'm saying is that if you're upper middle class income you are probably more concerned about the cost of housing than the cost of energy/food/etc. CPI increases started way before Russia and the energy price instability - the things energy will immediately reflect in will not be a big % of your income so increases aren't that dramatic. If my heating bill goes up 300% that's still going to be less than 2% of my household monthly income and that's during winter when we keep the heating on the entire time.