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zbzbBn
6y ago
Ok, let’s say not meaningless. Let’s say it has (my guess of my particular case) a 30% error. What happens to CPI if the weighted average of housing is off by 30%? Assuming housing is a third of CPI, that puts CPI up to 10%. Look, I’m actua
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zbzbBn
6y ago
Imputed rent is meaningless since there’s no market discovery of the price. It’s like asking what the position and momentum of particle is simultaneously. You can’t know the price of something you don’t intend to rent unless you rent it, b
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6y ago
No, it really isn’t. From your link: “If someone were to rent you home today, how much do you think it would rent for monthly[...]” That’s a very poor proxy for housing cost. First of all it’s a guess. A guess from whom? What do these oracl