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I doubt the main commenter, meant it that way, why is there any need to bash them ? It’s a political issue, well criticised and commented on, that governments intentionally game metrics like inflation, etc to look good on paper for incumbent presidents and heads of state. Also, the inflation rate is a very inconsistent number, different regions of the US has different rent price increases, different cost of labour increases, different product prices for a lot of goods. How can the nation be entirely ruled by one common inflation rate. All statistics like this which have to target so many regions, environments, and scenarios, always have to make decisions, that sacrifice some scenario or the other, where the “score” is a very poor indicator This applies not just to inflation, but other metrics like gdp per capita, employment rate, etc. There is no need for that condescending tone, especially when the author is talking about their increased cost of living, which prolly hurt their purchasing power. |