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Being open about the methodology doesn't mean nobody is actively trying to game it. Replacing A-status products with B-status products, or removing controversia
by once_inc 4y ago
Being open about the methodology doesn't mean nobody is actively trying to game it. Replacing A-status products with B-status products, or removing controversial items from the basket and added different products that have favorable inflation effects is actively being done by most countries.
Also; this basket doesn't look at things like shrinkflation, such as the size of a snickers bar, or the number of pyramids in a Toblerone bar.
- Y-bar 4y agoThey appear to actually consider shrinkflation: > Tittar man på den totala kostnaden för livsmedel bidrar krympflationen som mest med en årlig prisförändring på tre tiondelars procent. > Looking at the total cost for groceries shrinkflation adds three tenths of a percentage to the yearly cost change. https://scb.se/hitta-statistik/redaktionellt/krympflationen-ger-dig-mindre-innehall-for-pengarna/ https://scb.se/hitta-statistik/redaktionellt/krympflationen-... And: > Det är cirka två procent av livsmedlen som ändrar förpackningsstorlek under ett år. Implicita prisförändringar, eller krympflation som vissa kallar det, förklarar cirka 10 procent av de prisuppgångar som sker för förpackade livsmedel. > It is about two percent of groceries that change packaging size every year. Implicit price changes, or shrinkflation as some call it, explains about ten percent of the price increase which happen on packaged groceries. https://scb.se/contentassets/419935bc1ce44b43ae97ee1d5dc6f349/nr0001_2020k02_ti_a28ti2005.pdf https://scb.se/contentassets/419935bc1ce44b43ae97ee1d5dc6f34...