>Why do people use CPI instead of labor How would one differentiate real and nominal wage/salary increases? >housing Shelter expenditures presently constitut

>Why do people use CPI instead of labor How would one differentiate real and nominal wage/salary increases? >housing Shelter expenditures presently constitute 33.2% of the CPI basket. >housing or stock prices Asset prices are only very loosely associated with inflation. >On a similar note, why would anyone trust the federal reserve's numbers given how the federal reserve has lied in the past? lol. (Also, BLS calculates CPI, not the Fed.)