So you're saying that the US Bureau of Labor Statistics should throw their statistical methodology out of the window and instead use your bills to measure inflation?

Well it's a perpetual dilemma as they have to keep changing: food is now less than 10% of a family's budget while it used to be over 30% as it is in poor countries like Russia (just happened to see that figure last week). People spend money on computers which they didnt' in the 1980s, etc.

> The interesting thing is this is far from over.

What do you think is the cause and why it is far from over? I'm curious, not trying to start an argument

Shadowstats has admitted to just making up their data. Not exactly a compelling source. Best case they are just incompetent: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowstats.com

Inflation was consistently very high in the 70s while time time it peaked in 2022 and then went down relatively rapidly. Of course it might rebound but until that happens it’s hardly comparable.

You don't slavishly believe the government inflation data? That's fine; nothing wrong with that.

But don't slavishly believe Shadowstat's inflation number either.