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2. The CPI data collectors look at the labels and actually weigh the contents

Reply to Warpy (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 11, 2022, 07:56 PM

Feb 2022

It doesn't cover the worst sort of inflation: product shrinkage
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Corporations just thought we were too stupid to notice

It doesn't fool the CPI survey takers. But some people think they just pick up, for example, a medium can of XYZ coffee, look at the price, and that's it.

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It doesn't cover the worst sort of infation: product shrinkage Warpy Feb 2022 #1

The CPI data collectors look at the labels and actually weigh the contents progree Feb 2022 #2