I think the way that percentages were expressed in the headline was intentionally deceptive- 14% seems like a lot of inflation in 5 years! That makes for good clickbait.
Yep. That's my point. The article's premises do not support the conclusion. And, in actuality the end of the article contradicts its own conclusion.
But the percent that is being talked about is the comparative difference between groups, per the line: Over the past five years, millennials have seen their goods become 8.7% more expensive, Generation X 8%, and baby boomers 7.6%. This means that the price increase for millennials was 14% higher than for baby boomers.
There is a subtle error in this analysis. If companies A and B both grow with A growing 300% and B growing 1% per year, it seems that A might be a better company. That is often why companies that don't make money are valued similarly to companies that do make money. Putting the perception aside, A may have only increased by $4 but B could have increased by $4,000,000,000. Therefore it is not correct to say that the increase of A was 29,999% higher than for B.
Yep. That's my point. The article's premises do not support the conclusion. And, in actuality the end of the article contradicts its own conclusion.
But the percent that is being talked about is the comparative difference between groups, per the line: Over the past five years, millennials have seen their goods become 8.7% more expensive, Generation X 8%, and baby boomers 7.6%. This means that the price increase for millennials was 14% higher than for baby boomers.
There is a subtle error in this analysis. If companies A and B both grow with A growing 300% and B growing 1% per year, it seems that A might be a better company. That is often why companies that don't make money are valued similarly to companies that do make money. Putting the perception aside, A may have only increased by $4 but B could have increased by $4,000,000,000. Therefore it is not correct to say that the increase of A was 29,999% higher than for B.