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Re:Americans are spending less on clothing by freejulian on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @12:53PM (#16326456)
Yes, rents are certainly included in CPI. For me, it's more a question of weighting. When it's not uncommon to find people spending 50% of their income on rent, are rents being appropriately weighted in the CPI?
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