I bought a TV recently. It was quite expensive. Far more than I ever paid before. Sure you can get a cheap one several generations of technology older but current technology tv’s have gone up a lot. I also looked at the car I drive last night. I got a new one in December with one week delivery. Now I’d have to wait until June or buy a used one for more than I paid ten months ago. Or I order today, wait until June to get it and pay 9.3% more for the exact same vehicle without 1 year free use of the superchargers.
I’ve got a 3 year old iPhone but I know a current replacement of new release will be substantially more than I paid for a new one 3 years ago.
You keep discounting inflation but never post a real actual current example of you going out and actually buying something. That leads me to think your very frugal and dont spend much else you would experience much more of it
And the inflationary is not transitory now. If things go back down substantially we can say yes it was but for now its inflation. Only in the future can you make that claim. If prices dont pullback it wont have been transitory now wouldnt it
