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Re:Inflation rises 7.5% over past year, more than expected a... by flavius29663 on Thursday February 10, 2022 @05:25PM (#30293577)
> Cars prices are increasing much more rapidly than the overall inflation rate

There will always be items that increase in price more than the average. Are you proposing to eliminate all the outliers in each report? In the end, people still need to buy cars, which are more expensive, so the inflation rate should reflect that.

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Re:Inflation rises 7.5% over past year, more than expected a... by wbsss4412 on Thursday February 10, 2022 @07:14PM (#30294884)
The argument wasn’t that it should be eliminated from the inflation rate, the discussion was about what was causing car prices to be inflated.

> Car prices are being driven by supply chain issues more so than a surplus of dollars.

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