CPI-U blue line increased 26% from 2019-2025, Jeremy Horpedahl argues

CPI-U blue line increased 26% from 2019-2025, Jeremy Horpedahl argues
CPI-U increased 26% since 2019

Jeremy Horpedahl questions the accuracy of a chart tracking consumer prices, noting that the CPI-U blue line increased by 26% from 2019 to 2025.

He points out this implies a dollar now buys 79 cents of what it did in 2019, not 66 cents, suggesting related price indexes shown in the chart are likely incorrect as well.

Horpedahl has previously commented on housing and local tax pressures. He noted that the work years needed to afford a median home increased from 4.7 in 1985 to 6.6 in 2025, according to his analysis of home affordability trends. Horpedahl also observed that a proposed data center could push Little Rock property taxes up by 5,000 times compared to current rates.

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