• toastmeister@lemmy.ca
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    24 hours ago

    Also the fact its usually from government stimulus, and the CPI dramatically undercounts real inflation. Rent up 50%, food and restaurants up 50%, yet somehow inflation was only 20% the last 5 years according to Stats Canada.

    Goods prices rose, our government does mass immigration to keep salaries depressed; this turns into economic growth as more people are employed for less money and we’re all individually poorer, as capital shallowing is occurring due to central planning.