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ctex

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Tue Jan-20-04 01:40 AM
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25. Wrong -- the CPI has never included the cost of buying a home

Only the cost of renting housing.

What other countries do is not germane to this discussion, but if they do it any differently than the US BLS, they're doing it wrong. Confusing investment with consumption gives bad results.

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