The inflation calculation data is all public, both the inputs and methodology are posted here:
There is room to cheat, but not that much. The biggest cheat is in the open, which is core inflation excludes food and energy prices.
Costs that are a bigger percentage of the average person's budget than, lets say Hollywood and Washington insiders.
Which is why we get all the woke and climate change rhetoric. It's a smokescreen for how much they're screwing the public.
Headline inflation does not exclude food and energy prices.