One way they cook the numbers is by way of the "hedonic quality adjustment" which means that products this year are nicer, shinier, more fun than last year therefore their value has increased, so even if their price has gone up by a quantitative amount we can then discount that based on some qualitative metric.
One way they cook the numbers is by way of the "hedonic quality adjustment" which means that products this year are nicer, shinier, more fun than last year therefore their value has increased, so even if their price has gone up by a quantitative amount we can then discount that based on some qualitative metric.