Lies, Damn Lies, and CPI
" Now what good is a CONSUMER inflation indicator without food and energy? I guess I am a prima donna, as I have always lived under the assumption that without food and energy, I am dead. As someone who eats several times a day, needs to drive, and enjoys sleeping in a climate controlled environment, I find it odd that increases in food and energy prices are not relevant enough to inflation to be considered "core". It is great to know the BLS feels non-essentials like food and energy can be divorced from the core inflation rate, as maybe one won't starve to death without food, and won't freeze to death without energy"
"You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the Government. And, with due respect for these gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the Capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold." ? George Bernard Shaw.
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