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No one. CPI is a national average for the average person on an average basket of goods. It is not meant to reflect what one individual does.
In Canada, StatCan has a tool where you can enter your own personal weightings for various categories so you can get your personal CPI:
* https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2020015...
I wish people would stop conflating the model with reality: the map is not the territory.
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No one. CPI is a national average for the average person on an average basket of goods. It is not meant to reflect what one individual does.
In Canada, StatCan has a tool where you can enter your own personal weightings for various categories so you can get your personal CPI:
* https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2020015...
I wish people would stop conflating the model with reality: the map is not the territory.