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Old 05-30-2006, 06:56 AM   #1
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Your CPI Differs from Announced Number

One more time....

Scott Burns column discusses why your personal rate of inflation is different (and likely higher) than the published CPI.

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Re: Your CPI Differs from Announced Number
Old 05-30-2006, 08:00 AM   #2
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Re: Your CPI Differs from Announced Number

Yep - a tad more

One Tad = 223.07692% give or take - courtesy Hurricane Katrina, moving 1000 miles north, picking up a mortgage, health insurance, a new vehicle, furnishing a new house - various and sundry unexpected items.

Of course - my year isn't over yet - wait till later and I'll be able to come up with a more precise number.

heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh - at 62(13th yr of ER) - I'm more worried about time than money.

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