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lowbloodsugaryesterday at 4:12 PM1 replyview on HN

“Inflation adjusted” is offset by the changes to what inflation measures. And again income has only gone up because people are working multiple jobs.


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ch4s3yesterday at 4:24 PM

The basket of goods is totally transparent and related to things people really buy. Would you want a 2026 inflation number to reference VCR prices?

Only 5.3% of US workers have multiple jobs. The long term average is just above 5%. So it is false to claim more workers have multiple jobs according to BLS stats. This number was above 6% for most of the 1990s.

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