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Homebuyers need to earn 80% more than they did in 2020 to afford a home in today's market (finance.yahoo.com)
submitted 7 months ago by farcaster to c/economics
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[โ€“] hark 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So how is inflation since 2020 calculated to be "only" around 20%? Is there a bunch of stuff that went down in price to counteract or are inconvenient items simply not counted as part of inflation?

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

The latter.