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Re:The ballooning money supply may be the key to unlocking i... by marketingPro on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @04:32PM (#24769990)
Do not use CPI as it doesn't take into account technology improvement and outsourcing.

I'd take the big mac index over CPI.

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Re:The ballooning money supply may be the key to unlocking i... by leetcrew on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @04:53PM (#24770179)
isn't the price of a big mac also subject to technology improvement and outsourcing? it takes quite a logistics chain to get all those ingredients where they need to go.
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Re:The ballooning money supply may be the key to unlocking i... by marketingPro on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @10:53PM (#24772656)
It's not a commodity though.
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