If everything big is is increasing in cost at some rate faster than inflation,why hasn’t inflation risen to match.

Question

I don’t have the exact figures at my fingertips, but in the last 20 years or so college has increased at a rate of something like twice inflation, healthcare five times, cars two and a half, etc. if these big ticket items can be moving so much higher than wages why isn’t the overall inflation number higher to match?

In: Economics

Answer 1

Because inflation *also* includes some things that are going down in cost, such as staple foods.