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by ahahahahah 1540 days ago
That was stated surprisingly confidently. It's entirely wrong though, the CPI does include housing costs. I don't know why you would single out gasoline as "most visible", but I guess that gives you flexibility to claim that your real meaning is whatever you want. Gasoline prices actually (currently) impact CPI about half as much as food prices and one tenth as much as shelter costs.

You can see more here: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.t01.htm