[NickC25]

I am not familiar with the methodology of reporting inflation used in the 80s - did they take a wider basket of goods, or were there other consumer purchases in question that would affect the reporting number? If we were to use the 80s methodology - what would inflation numbers look like?

[torial]

Shadow Stats has a chart showing the differences between both 80s and 90s methodologies and current: https://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts

[cheriot]

Shadow Stats is tin foil hat style economics. Price level measurement is complex and there are worthwhile debates, but this is not that.

[itsoktocry]

>Shadow Stats

Look at that first chart. He literally just adds a constant to the CPI data.