Since it's from April to August, it's actually showing 31% annual.

And since a sample size of one, and the location is redacted (could be comparing Texas with NYC or Hawaii) it's showing nothing.

Heh I stopped in Belgium years before the Euro money conversion, chill place. I remember going to an atm to get some local currency to shop and the options were something like 1000, 5000, 10000. It was pre smartphone so I had no idea what the conversion was or what to choose. So I just hit something in the middle and had WAY too much money to buy some fresh fruit and chocolate.

Yet they still manage to fuck us over by "jumping" an index. 2% may not seem much now but compounded we lose a lot over the years

And shelter, which developers, slumlords, and property management companies would be more than happy to see doubled every decade.

If you include necessities beyond just what is needed to not end up dead, we also have:

• Electricity
• Sewage and waste disposal
• Personal transportation (in North America, where suburbs are sprawling and transit is inadequate)
• Phone or internet (needed for employment)

There are plenty of places where the average person has no choice but to get bent over and fucked by profit-seeking corporations.