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To: Qualified Opinion who wrote (77945)	11/29/2007 9:13:51 PM
From: Real Man	Respond to of 94695

Yes, they changed it so many times already, and magically, it always makes inflation go down. If you use the old formula from the 80-s, inflation is now in the teens -g- Gold doubled in 2001-2005, then doubled again in 2005-2007. The next double is due by this time next year? -g-

To: Qualified Opinion who wrote (77945)	11/29/2007 9:52:11 PM
From: Real Man	Respond to of 94695

Note: The CPI chart on the home page reflects our estimate of inflation for today as if it were calculated the same way it was in 1990. The CPI on the Alternate Data Series tab here, reflects the CPI as if it were calculated using the methodologies in place in 1980. Further background on the Alternate CPI and Ongoing M3 series is available in the Archives in the August 2006 SGS newsletter. shadowstats.com M3 money supply nowandfutures.com US real GDP (with inflation subtracted) 1980-method CPI (blue), Current method CPI (red) 1990 CPI (blue), current CPI (red), proposed revision due to overstating inflation (yellow) From Wikipedia article on hyperinflation en.wikipedia.org Governments will often try to disguise the true rate of inflation through a variety of techniques. These can include the following: 1) Outright lying as to official statistics such as money supply, inflation or reserves. 2) Suppression of publication of money supply statistics, or inflation indices. 3) Price and wage controls. 4) Forced savings schemes, designed to suck up excess liquidity. These savings schemes may be described as pensions schemes, emergency funds, war funds, or similar. 5) Adjusting the components of the Consumer Price Index, to remove those items whose prices are rising the fastest