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To: xzins

How about food prices? You can’t eat consumer durables or autos.


30 posted on 02/20/2014 11:06:47 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: 1010RD

As I understand it, food is “volatile”, so they don’t count food in the new improved cpi with the weight it used to have.

In the meantime, food has doubled, but it doesn’t get counted, and as Organic Panic has pointed out, the government counts “packages” for so many items, and the manufacturers make the packages smaller but keep the price the same. IIRC, I had to get a bag of sugar recently, and the old 5 pounder is now a 4 pounder....but, I’m just a tin foil whiner, that’s not a price increase. /sarc


32 posted on 02/20/2014 11:10:34 AM PST by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: 1010RD; Organic Panic

As I understand it, food is “volatile”, so they don’t count food in the new improved cpi with the weight it used to have.

In the meantime, food has doubled, but it doesn’t get counted, and as Organic Panic has pointed out, the government counts “packages” for so many items, and the manufacturers make the packages smaller but keep the price the same. IIRC, I had to get a bag of sugar recently, and the old 5 pounder is now a 4 pounder....but, I’m just a tin foil whiner, that’s not a price increase. /sarc


33 posted on 02/20/2014 11:10:48 AM PST by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: 1010RD
How about food prices? You can’t eat consumer durables or autos.


127 posted on 02/21/2014 6:52:42 AM PST by Wyatt's Torch
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