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Whatever gets us to class consciousness (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Honest question, why is this not how inflation is measured?

I feel like the basket of goods chosen in Australia is nonsense, considering rent went up by like 50% in two years, and prices in the supermarket have been insane, somehow inflation numbers only ever cracked the high single digits per year.

I haven't looked into it deeper, yet, but seems fishy, and cherry-picked.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think one reason is it's the other way around, the cart is leading the horse. One problem with using a basket of goods to measure inflation is that it cannot keep pace with the substitutions consumers make. Consumer choices can switch really quickly but the basket of goods used to measure that needs to be workshoped before it can be used. It's in part, because it's impossible to have a perfect snapshot of a market.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Could we not at least make various unchanging standards?

Like, housing & food inflation index?

Is that not vague and unchanging enough?

I know sourcing the data isn't a walk in the park, but I know for a fact Victoria collects information on the first one pretty accurately.

I think we should have a "base needs" basket, because that's never going to change. People need to eat, people need to sleep.

Thanks for indulging me in my vague, unlearned on the topic, questioning!