One reason why I disregard most of the research tossed around here: inflation numbers. I read a conservative study today that showed inflation to be stable and one the decline. Then I went to the store and paid $4.53 for milk, $2.30 for a pack of cough drops, $3.26 for gasoline, and saw a sale price of $22,500 for a base model domestic compact car. Yeah, inflation is stable if you only measure certain prices. Otherwise you see that stuff costs more than it ever has, but our precious research tells us what the staff wants us to hear to keep the people nudged to the preferred narrative.

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