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I guess the typical inflation basket doesn't include rental income, which the upper-quartile are rather more likely to have than the lower quartile.

Wonder how that might impact figures if residual/passive income were included?

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Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) is about spending on consumer goods, and not about wage or investment income.

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A separate index could be independently useful: The amount you gain/lose just from existing, so spending + capital gains + ...

It's not a fully baked idea, but something like this.

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Consumer Price Index (inflation/deflation being the change in CPI), but I get your point, thanks

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