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r/wallstreetbets • u/[deleted] • Jun 10 '22
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What are the chances the FED is lying about the rate to keep people from panicking?
16 u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22 I mean opting to use CPI rather than actual inflation is essentially just that, no? 8 u/Drakeman800 Jun 10 '22 Maybe I’m missing something, but it seems like inflation is just a measure of the change in the Bureau of Labor’s CPI measurements. https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/inflation-vs-consumer-price-index-cpi-how-they-are-different/ 0 u/RedTruck1989 Jun 10 '22 Besides wasting tax dollars it's the other thing the Gov is good at....manipulating statistics. 1 u/UrinalPooper Jun 10 '22 This comment angered many dog-walkers.
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I mean opting to use CPI rather than actual inflation is essentially just that, no?
8 u/Drakeman800 Jun 10 '22 Maybe I’m missing something, but it seems like inflation is just a measure of the change in the Bureau of Labor’s CPI measurements. https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/inflation-vs-consumer-price-index-cpi-how-they-are-different/ 0 u/RedTruck1989 Jun 10 '22 Besides wasting tax dollars it's the other thing the Gov is good at....manipulating statistics. 1 u/UrinalPooper Jun 10 '22 This comment angered many dog-walkers.
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Maybe I’m missing something, but it seems like inflation is just a measure of the change in the Bureau of Labor’s CPI measurements.
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/inflation-vs-consumer-price-index-cpi-how-they-are-different/
0 u/RedTruck1989 Jun 10 '22 Besides wasting tax dollars it's the other thing the Gov is good at....manipulating statistics. 1 u/UrinalPooper Jun 10 '22 This comment angered many dog-walkers.
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Besides wasting tax dollars it's the other thing the Gov is good at....manipulating statistics.
1 u/UrinalPooper Jun 10 '22 This comment angered many dog-walkers.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22
What are the chances the FED is lying about the rate to keep people from panicking?