Is the Inflation Rate Manipulated too?

End of the American Dream Blog
October 9, 2012

Can we believe any of the economic numbers that the government is feeding us these days?

Most of the focus recently has been on the bizarre jobs report that the government released last Friday, but the truth is that the inflation rate is a lie too.

In fact, the way that the government calculates inflation has changed more than 20 times since 1978.

The government is constantly looking for ways that it can make inflation appear to be even lower.

According to John Williams of shadowstats.com, if inflation was measured the same way that it was back in 1990, the inflation rate would be about 5 percent right now.

If inflation was measured the same way that it was back in 1980, the inflation rate

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