As an engineer I'm shocked at the shoddy logic underpinning this measurement. Grocery items frequently go on sale buy one get one free and sometimes even more (Meijer sells Lays Stax for $2.59 regular price, but this week they're 3 for $5 and earlier this month they were $1 each if you bought 7 or more qualifying items). So he could repeat the same test next week and the week after and his totals would be bouncing all over because of sale prices.

Is there inflation? Absolutely, but it varies wildly based on the product and the timing of when you buy it. Based on his methodology I could claim 0% inflation because I bought Lays Stax on sale pre-Covid for the same $1 as I did earlier this month. or I could claim negative inflation because my parents had to replace a 32" TV I bought for them about a decade ago. They paid $99.99 at Best Buy for the replacement, a fraction of what I paid, and they got a better TV, with 1080p instead of 720p and they also got a built in Fire stick.

As an engineer I'm shocked at the shoddy logic underpinning this measurement. Grocery items frequently go on sale buy one get one free and sometimes even more (Meijer sells Lays Stax for $2.59 regular price, but this week they're 3 for $5 and earlier this month they were $1 each if you bought 7 or more qualifying items). So he could repeat the same test next week and the week after and his totals would be bouncing all over because of sale prices.

Is there inflation? Absolutely, but it varies wildly based on the product and the timing of when you buy it, Based on his methodology I could claim 0% inflation because I bought Lays Stax on sale pre-Covid for the same $1 as I did earlier this month.

As an engineer I'm shocked at the shoddy logic underpinning this measurement. Grocery items frequently go on sale buy one get one free and sometimes even more (Meijer sells Lays Stax for $2.59 regular price, but this week they're 3 for $5 and earlier this month they were $1 each if you bought 7 or more qualifying items. So he could repeat the same test next week and the week after and his totals would be bouncing all over because of sale prices.

Is there inflation? Absolutely, but it varies wildly based on the product and the timing of when you buy it, Based on his methodology I could claim 0% inflation because I bought Lays Stax on sale pre-Covid for the same $1 as I did earlier this month.

As an engineer I'm shocked at the shoddy logic underpinning this measurement. Grocery items frequently go on sale buy one get one free and sometimes even more (Meijer sells Lays Stax for $2.59 regular price, but this week they're 3 for $5 and earlier this month they were $1 each if you bought 7 or more qualifying items. So he could repeat the same test next week and the week after and his totals would be bouncing all over because of sale prices.