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Re:It takes now 53 weeks salary to earn same as 30 weeks in ... by crooked-v on Thursday February 20, 2020 @04:16PM (#22378719)
Or, in other words, inflation indexes are an average, and like all averages, it's a bad idea to blindly trust it, because sub-groups of the overall data may show much different results.
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Re:It takes now 53 weeks salary to earn same as 30 weeks in ... by thedance on Thursday February 20, 2020 @04:29PM (#22378823)
The problem is not averaging. The problem is these inflation measures specifically exclude major expenses.
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