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The US government is telling everybody that inflation is 3.4% per year. That is not correct. Try 14.2% and that's about right. Source : gold/usd 1 year simple moving average.

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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Hey, I can play this game, too! The real inflation rate is closer to 150%. Source: Bitcoin was $27k last year, now it's $67k

My source sucks, but so does yours