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Re:U.S. GDP Shrank in Q1 2015 by nickff on Friday May 29, 2015 @05:44PM (#9627673)
Could you please provide a citation for the claims that food and housing prices are going up? I looked, but could only find information to the contrary on food (especially as a proportion of household spending), and very short term, noisy, and confusing information on housing (not house prices, but housing).[1]

[1] https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/food.jpg

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Re:U.S. GDP Shrank in Q1 2015 by toomuchtodo on Friday May 29, 2015 @05:55PM (#9627733)
The cost of food continues to drop, but wages have also been stagnant since the 70's.

Housing vs wages: https://makewealthhistory.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/wages-...

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Re:U.S. GDP Shrank in Q1 2015 by nickff on Friday May 29, 2015 @06:04PM (#9627775)
That data is on house prices, not on cost of housing; do you have any long-term data on cost of housing?
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Re:U.S. GDP Shrank in Q1 2015 by toomuchtodo on Friday May 29, 2015 @06:19PM (#9627846)
Worldwide? Nationwide (US)? Major metros? What are we constraining to?
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Re:U.S. GDP Shrank in Q1 2015 by nickff on Friday May 29, 2015 @06:47PM (#9627985)
The parent was speaking to US nationwide policies and conditions, so nationwide US data would be most relevant, but I would appreciate any illuminating data, as it appears very hard to support the points I initially responded to.
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Re:U.S. GDP Shrank in Q1 2015 by rgbrenner on Friday May 29, 2015 @07:55PM (#9628249)
Data from the BLS: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HtrOZSmjUEM/U2nEwmvNm5I/AAAAAAAABM...
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Re:U.S. GDP Shrank in Q1 2015 by yummyfajitas on Saturday May 30, 2015 @02:13PM (#9631135)
Which doesn't address the point at all.
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