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[–] cabb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Groceries (and energy costs) were excluded from inflation in the 1970s as politicians decided that they were "too volatile".

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

My bad, I tried to use a logical definition of inflation in a logical country. They are definitely considered in my country.

If the biggest costs of living are not considered in the metric for cost of living increase, WTF.

I'll update my comment

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago

Yeah, it's fuckery all the way down here in America.