ShadowStats still calculates the CPI using the old methodology prior to the 1980s, before the government started adding bullshit like "owner's equivalent rent", "hedonics", and "product substitutions".
Rule of thumb: Take the "official" inflation number, double it, and you'll have the real inflation percentage.
Amazing - looks like traditional inflation is 3% higher EVERY year than the current “inflation”. 3% per year is huge - means you lose more than 30% per decade ON TOP of the 20% you lose per decade based off official CPI.
ShadowStats still calculates the CPI using the old methodology prior to the 1980s, before the government started adding bullshit like "owner's equivalent rent", "hedonics", and "product substitutions".
Rule of thumb: Take the "official" inflation number, double it, and you'll have the real inflation percentage.
https://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data
Amazing - looks like traditional inflation is 3% higher EVERY year than the current “inflation”. 3% per year is huge - means you lose more than 30% per decade ON TOP of the 20% you lose per decade based off official CPI.
Just ran the numbers, and it comes to 30.47% extra over a decade.