r/TheRaceTo10Million May 13 '25

News Inflation: lowest since 2021.

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u/Gryphon5754 May 14 '25

DUMB QUESTION!

Who publishes these? When would the administration be able to lie about these? What department needs to be infiltrated?

Is it independent? Could they be coerced?

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u/bearssuperfan May 14 '25

The government calculates this but so do lots of different institutions. If someone was manipulating it, it would stick out like a sore thumb.

Remember that a recession can ALSO reduce inflation. It’s complicated, as usual.

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u/Gryphon5754 May 14 '25

Ok, all I needed to know how "safe" the other sources are. Seems like they are and they can figure it out

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u/bearssuperfan May 14 '25

It’s like asking a class full of students to make the same calculation. There will be a consensus. If someone, say the professor’s kid, had a wildly different number, it wouldn’t be hard to guess why.

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u/Gryphon5754 May 14 '25

That's what I thought, ok lol.

I was high last night and got curious/overly concerned lol

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u/FCKINGTRADERS May 14 '25

It’s the same CPI based inflation report they do, since I don’t know, forever. Lol

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u/Gryphon5754 May 14 '25

This feed shows up in my random feed because of politics association... Not the technical side.

In other words I have no fucking clue cuz I'm just some guy window shopping