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The lying CPI is more off than ever. PPI is not so massaged as CPI and the difference is HUGE now. For example Germany since 1/1 PPI 40% but CPI 9%. In eastern Europe maybe the lies with CPI aren’t as flawed. I know for a fact that CPI and other mscro statistics in Russia are almost perfect and true. They have nothing to gain by lying and culturally I think they have another perspective of lying statistics because of the lies in Soviet Union when all statistics were flawed. They are more pragmatic and don’t care about optics and… Read more »