Matt Yglesias points out that CPI is justifiably different for everyone depending on what they view as better quality. Scott Sumner, in another inflation targeting smack-down, again points out the shelter component of CPI has been steadily on the rise even though actual housing has probably yet to bottom out.
It is a huge problem when people just assume CPI is right before they proceed to justify inflation targeting as a policy.
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