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To: John Vosilla who wrote (95564)	7/11/2008 5:51:56 PM
From: benwood	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

That's way too high for that period. We need a shadowShadowStats.com to get the true picture <g>

To: John Vosilla who wrote (95564)	7/11/2008 6:30:27 PM
From: bart13	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

I don't know it will will help or not, but the rate from about 1984-1996 was 5-6% (with reported CPI-I of 3-4%), so an increase to the 8-10% area was "only" a jump of 3-4%. There's also quantity and quality differences that aren't readily apparent, like the bag of chips that stays at the same price, but the contents are 10 or 20% less. A more extreme example is the average wood dining table from the '60s and the laminated & wood chip or plastic based dining table of today - and they look quite similar. Both are a dining table as far as the BLS is concerned. In other words, they also never adjust for quality declines... but sure do adjust the price of a TV lower if it has picture-in-picture or is HD, etc. Have you ever read any of Williams articles on how he calculates the differences? And poor Mish, he's so very well "abused" here... <g>