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How would one differentiate real and nominal wage/salary increases?
>housing
Shelter expenditures presently constitute 33.2% of the CPI basket.
>housing or stock prices
Asset prices are only very loosely associated with inflation.
>On a similar note, why would anyone trust the federal reserve's numbers given how the federal reserve has lied in the past?
lol. (Also, BLS calculates CPI, not the Fed.)
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How would one differentiate real and nominal wage/salary increases?
>housing
Shelter expenditures presently constitute 33.2% of the CPI basket.
>housing or stock prices
Asset prices are only very loosely associated with inflation.
>On a similar note, why would anyone trust the federal reserve's numbers given how the federal reserve has lied in the past?
lol. (Also, BLS calculates CPI, not the Fed.)