http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/03/06/historically-inaccurate-numbers/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:42:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/03/06/historically-inaccurate-numbers/#comment-2008 Herb Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:32:03 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=926#comment-2008 Why would the govt manipulate data? Oh, I don't know... is it because very few people get re-elected when unemployment is running at 12%? Additionally, one of the big FOMC ideas with inflation is to kill the expectation of inflation. ie. if people don't expect inflation then it's not a problem even if there is inflation. So, you take out of the calcs all of the stuff that rises in value and voila, no inflation! Why would the govt manipulate data? Oh, I don’t know… is it because very few people get re-elected when unemployment is running at 12%? Additionally, one of the big FOMC ideas with inflation is to kill the expectation of inflation. ie. if people don’t expect inflation then it’s not a problem even if there is inflation. So, you take out of the calcs all of the stuff that rises in value and voila, no inflation!

]]> http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/03/06/historically-inaccurate-numbers/#comment-2007 JLP at AllThingsFinancial Tue, 07 Mar 2006 07:25:00 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=926#comment-2007 I don't care for Fleckstein. I think maybe it's his hair. I don’t care for Fleckstein. I think maybe it’s his hair.

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