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Yes, they should, but they are not, and realistically cannot be.

Inflation statistics are almost useless in calculating quality of life for this reason.

They calculate an average over a population. An example of why this is silly, is that the average 40 year old both has lower personal inflation _and_ can weather inflation much more readily than the average 20 year old.



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