They're not measuring inflation properly

Inflation has been high on the news agenda due to the cost of living crisis. When you see people talking about inflation they'll almost always be talking about the rising costs of things you buy in the shops, which is retail price inflation or consumer price inflation. But what about asset price inflation? Assets have been going up for years, and faster than goods and services, so why is that rarely mentioned?

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Gary Stevenson – inequality economist, former trader and author of The Trading Game – explains how real world economics work.