User 6666

Inflation Index: Real Estate vs. the Dollar

Real Estate should be included in inflation but it would be disingeneous to do so at this point. You can't count it on the way down if you didn't count it on the way up. Inflation from 2000-2007 would have averaged around 8% yearly had you done so. Instead, the gov't cherry-picked what to count to minimize the figure. Switching the procedure to whatever minimizes the figure *now* would be a whole new level of cherry picking.