[sneed_chucker]

> Total inflation is up over 37% over last year and half

Mind telling me how you arrived at this figure?

[amanaplanacanal]

They made it up. City average all items is up 3.7% in the last twelve months.

You can find the real numbers at bls.org

Edit: yes, of course, bls.gov

[milesvp]

Averages aren’t really useful here. For a lot of people food and housing represent a significant proportion of their take home. In my region both of these are up significantly higher than 3.7 in the last twelve months. Worse is certain brands at the grocery store seem to be leading the charge, which means not only are prices going up, but for many people the utility per doller is also going down.

[gte525u]

bls.gov