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by gcb0 2810 days ago
except price of computers have been steady or rising.

electronics is the one fake anchor in that list. and there are a few. when he says repeatedly that he won't contest the official number, that is an economist joke. the official number is a joke and it only matters that the number can withold by not affecting other numbers the fed have no control. if those other number respect the ramdon number, the random number holds. if not, the random number is adjusted to meet reality as needed. so the "measure measures" joke in the article. inflation index is an index alrigth, but not of what everyone thinks it is.

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