There’s Been a Major Change to US Inflation That Will (Likely) Pump the Markets

Re:There’s Been a Major Change to US Inflation That Will (Li... by chewz on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @06:14PM (#34812342)

> Nobody noticed except one finance expert, Neely Tamminga.

Funny, but not true. This change in measuring US inflation is common knowledge among investors interested in US macro.

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Re:There’s Been a Major Change to US Inflation That Will (Li... by danielmarkbruce on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @06:22PM (#34812430)

Ie, nobody except the people who need to know.

It appears to be a common thing - conspiracy theorists think that because the general public doesn't know(/care) about the esoteric details of some subject, that no one knows.

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Re:There’s Been a Major Change to US Inflation That Will (Li... by quickthrowman on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @06:21PM (#34812419)

Indeed, this is just a guy spreading fear to sell his book, which coincidentally has an ad at the bottom of this crappy blogpost.

Anyone watching monthly CPI numbers is aware that the BLS changed the basket of goods used to calculate inflation as well as using a single year of data instead of two years. The BLS communicates these changes months in advance, and all the big banks/funds update their models accordingly.

https://www.bls.gov/cpi/notices/2017/methodology-changes.htm

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