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> 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,
by 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 agoI am not sure that I understand your mention of housing costs. Doesn't core inflation exclude housing costs as well?
- anamax 15y agoAccording 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.