Japan’s Prisons Are a Haven for Elderly Women

Re:Japan’s Prisons Are a Haven for Elderly Women by greeneggs on Friday March 16, 2018 @08:07PM (#16604888)

> For the people of Japan, it becomes a stealth inflation attack on their standard of living.

Stealth inflation indeed. In January 2018, the annual inflation rate was 1.4%, a 34-month high. This is an "attack"? (!)

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Re:Japan’s Prisons Are a Haven for Elderly Women by jessaustin on Saturday March 17, 2018 @12:05AM (#16605555)

Does anyone publish honest inflation rates?

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Re:Japan’s Prisons Are a Haven for Elderly Women by neonhomer on Saturday March 17, 2018 @08:43AM (#16606707)

Not sure how perfect this is, but for the US there's a site showing inflation with older methods. http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts

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Re:Japan’s Prisons Are a Haven for Elderly Women by latch on Saturday March 17, 2018 @03:04AM (#16605906)

Or any figure.

Anyone who thinks Japan's standard of living is under attack, especially when compared to other developed economies, probably hasn't been to Japan.

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