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4. Good point. Actually, a penny then bought what takes 5.9 pennies now

Fri Oct 31, 2025, 01:17 PM

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https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUSR0000SA0
From September 1975 to September 2025, the CPI rose from 54.60 to 324.3685, an increase of 5.94 times

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