> They do it in the open Then please point me at the methodological changes done by these government in the last 1-2 years that were specifically designed to

> They do it in the open Then please point me at the methodological changes done by these government in the last 1-2 years that were specifically designed to hide higher inflation. > "Some critics view the methodological changes and the switch from a cost of goods index (COGI) to a cost of living index (COLI) as a purposeful manipulation that allows the U.S. government to report a lower CPI." Can this pattern be shown to always lower CPI and can they show that all western governments have enacted the same changes? And such a methodology would maybe work over a long time-span, it could not be used to hide 1 years high inflation. CPI is just a dumb and useless measure all together. It really should have no relevance to economic discussion. For macro economic analysis of any kind, the GDP deflator is to be preferred. > People want a way to quantify how much harder it is to establish a good life with their earnings. That is a wrong way of thinking about any inflation measure. > And I don't think the government is being honest about that. Maybe it's too much to ask. Not sure what honest means here. I don't think the government states anywhere that CPI is some magical measure of 'how easy it is to establishing a good life'.