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RPI is adjusted for inflation, no?


Exactly, so if inflation increases, RPI will go down all other things held constant.


Personal income also increases with inflation, unless of course you are in a recession, where "all other things held constant".


This is circular reasoning. It's also wrong as a general claim. Personal income, at least as traditionally measured, fell for a large number of US workers over a 35+ year period during which inflation was non-zero and yet there was not a recession covering the entire period.




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