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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (37156)6/1/2000 11:22:00 PM
From: pater tenebrarum  Respond to of 42523
 
o.k., i'm not sure about it either. it's just my impression that if you plot BLS's PPI/CPI next to graphs of commodity prices, insurance and housing prices, or even tickets to Disneyland, they somehow fail spectacularly to capture what's going on in the real world.
it's not necessarily that they are doctored, just that the methodology is incredibly flawed. in a way they ARE doctored of course.
did tobacco products go up in price again?