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Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by SpicyLemonZest on Monday November 01, 2021 @02:37AM (#29063662)
This chart isn't remotely plausible. No legitimate difference in reporting mechanisms or standards would exactly match every upswing and downswing - if you're weighing the basket differently, you'll get spikes at different times. They have to be just making up a constant value and adding it to the official statistics. (You'll note that the reporter in the linked article didn't ask anyone other than the people who made the graph whether it made sense.)

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