the average house in the us was sold for 374 500 dollars in q2 2020. despite a dip in the last few quarters, the average house sold in q4 2023 was 492 300. thats a 32% increase in 3.5 years.   aspus the average rent paid went from 1500 dollars/month in january 2020 to 2047 dollars/month in september 2023. thats a 36% increase in 3.75 years.   /news/commodities/housing-market-av erage-rent-charts-affordability-zil low-real-estate-property-2023-10 food is easily 30% more expensive than in 2020. so is insurance, and electricity and gas and everything else. yet the official inflation was given as 1.23% in 2020 - 4.7% in 2021 - 8% in 2022 and 3.4% in 2023.   metrics/countries/usa/united-states /inflation-rate-cpi   economy/cpi-inflation-december/inde x.html this means that according to the official inflation numbers, compound inflation in the 2020-2023 period should have stood at 20% (rounded up). the most important things like housing/rent/food/insurance/gas got 30% more expensive though. this means inflation is massively underreported and the cpi is a bunch of manipulated made up lies.
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