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Gasoline is a poor choice of benchmark. Energy prices aren't really a proxy for inflation. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=core+inflation+from+2004+to+201

• anamax 15y ago
  > Gasoline is a poor choice of benchmark. Energy prices aren't really a proxy for inflation. Core inflation is also a poor choice. My housing costs are fixed, so the variation that I see is in the things that core inflation excludes.
  • jsight 15y ago
    I am not sure that I understand your mention of housing costs. Doesn't core inflation exclude housing costs as well?
    • anamax 15y ago
      According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_inflation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_inflation , core inflation excludes food and energy. It does not exclude housing.