According to Ph.D.”s EJ Antoni and Peter St. Onge, if inflation is computed accurately, it turns out the US economy has actually been in recession since 2022, during most of the Biden-Harris abomination administration.
In the study, we made several pretty obvious adjustments to the deceptive way officials’ statistics calculate inflation. These nearly doubled inflation during Biden Harris, from 20.9% in the official so-called GDP deflator to 39.9%. It matched nearly perfectly the rise in fast food prices.
So, where are the adjustments? The biggest is housing official statistics. They use a convoluted lagged indicator based on rent, almost as if they’re trying to hide it. House prices increased by more than 40% while mortgage rates have nearly tripled. It is a very large number.
Second is something called hedonic adjustment, which reduces the price of a product if they think it has gotten better. It is a particular problem with regulation, which, of course, they always assume is worth it. So, your energy bill doubled because they mandated windmills. They could say global warming is so important that they adjusted for quality. Your energy bills allegedly went down because you got the electricity plus the climate change.
There is something called indirect purchase, where they don’t even bother measuring price. They use some proxies. For example, health insurance companies take profits and assume rising profits mean higher prices. There could be many reasons for that change: maybe lobbying hospitals, perhaps a mandated vaccine that is not selling anymore.
Taking all these adjustments made by Biden-Harris, it turns out that official numbers underestimated inflation by roughly half.
Then comes the kicker. Because both income and GDP are calculated after inflation, meaning if you miscounted inflation, you miscounted growth by a lot. Running the numbers means income growth over the past five years has not been 13% like officials statistics say it’s been -2.3%.
The illegal foreigners grew the population, salaries went down, and goods cost more.
Study: Inflation Undercounted by Half
My lastest study with EJ Antoni finds Biden-Harris inflation has been undercounted by *half.*
Meaning inflation has been close to 40%.
This suggests we’ve been in recession since at least 2022. pic.twitter.com/kDkrXkhbos
— Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) October 17, 2024
Excess government spending is driving America to bankruptcy! https://t.co/hgQvvKbgX8
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AND… the Republican Party remains silent. The Do-Nothing Party watches while the Republic disintegrates. I wish to hell they had some BALLS!
Those of us who buy groceries, medicines, a need fuel for cooking heating and transportation might argue that our cost shave gone up more like 50%. Some food more. A small can of beets $.85 is now $1.95.
Inflation is a tax and is hits hardest on the poorest people and the lederly on fixed incomes.Most people just don’t get it. Property and school taxes have to rise to pay ever increasing teacher and adminstrator salaries.
Higher taxes on businesses increase inflation and drive businesses and jobs by the 10,000’s out of the country. Note the article on John Deere.
That increases costs of unemplyment payments.
Until we have moral and honest leaders is will just s[piral moreand more out of control until everything collapses.
You nailed it. Good on ya’ mate!
40%? Try 200% on food. Rent is even through the roof. Since Biden-Harris, inflation has done nothing but go up and up on the things that matter the most. Now with the interest rate hikes, real estate is dead. So your stuck in your devalued home and that’s not good either. Now comes the crash. Get ready for the pink slips.
And they call that build back better? What a bad joke.
Vote Trump!!
They are Trying to Hide it; but the Funny thing is nobody ever calls them out for Hiding! Lies. Housing has been so badly abused -by hedge funds- that it is entirely laughable. You`re all living in the company store and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it.