Shadows stats has faced some criticism https://econbrowser.com/archives/2008/09/shadowstats_deb https://econbrowser.com/archives/2008/09/shadowstats_deb Some

Shadows stats has faced some criticism https://econbrowser.com/archives/2008/09/shadowstats_deb https://econbrowser.com/archives/2008/09/shadowstats_deb Some wags have pointed out the price has been constant for many years https://web.archive.org/web/20080512223437/http://www.shadowstats.com/subscriptions https://web.archive.org/web/20080512223437/http://www.shadow... The billion prices project independently collects prices and matches CPI well https://www.businessinsider.com/million-prices-project-vs-the-cpi-2012-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/million-prices-project-vs-th... Note that the inflation stats in Argentina *were* manipulated and official numbers differed from billion prices. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Billion_Prices_project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Billion_Prices_project