Bureau of Labor Statistics Archives - Inflation Watch https://inflationwatch.drduru.com/tag/bureau-of-labor-statistics/ Watching for inflation here, there and everywhere Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:24:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://i0.wp.com/inflationwatch.drduru.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-new-hp-money-printing-plates.png-1.webp?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Bureau of Labor Statistics Archives - Inflation Watch https://inflationwatch.drduru.com/tag/bureau-of-labor-statistics/ 32 32 246324047 Shadow Government Statistics reports a 9.6% inflation rate using pre-1980 methods https://inflationwatch.drduru.com/shadow-government-statistics-reports-a-9-6-inflation-rate-using-pre-1980-methods/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shadow-government-statistics-reports-a-9-6-inflation-rate-using-pre-1980-methods Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:24:01 +0000 http://inflationwatch.wordpress.com/?p=1670 CNBC provides a revealing summary of the latest newsletter from Shadow Government Statistics (SGS). According to SGS, inflation is running at a 9.6% clip using BLS methods in place before 1980 that did not use hedonic adjustments to try to account for the change in quality of products. Rolling back just 22 years gives a […]

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]]> CNBC provides a revealing summary of the latest newsletter from Shadow Government Statistics (SGS). According to SGS, inflation is running at a 9.6% clip using BLS methods in place before 1980 that did not use hedonic adjustments to try to account for the change in quality of products. Rolling back just 22 years gives a 5.5% inflation rate.

See “Inflation Actually Near 10% Using Older Measure” for more details.

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