Inflation within the knife market

[rje58]

In my opinion you are torturing the data until it confesses. While it may not be technically incorrect to say that if inflation goes up .5% (one half of one percent) and knives went up 1.5% in the same timeframe, that knives increased at a rate 300% greater than the inflation rate, it certainly seems misleading to call it a 300% increase!

I rembering hearing you could get in 2008 Griptilians for $80 - $90 USD. Now they are approximately $110 - $120. Matching USD inflation the Benchmade Griptilians 2016 price would be - $88.48 - $99.54. The actual increase is price is around 135.3% larger than in 2008 meaning the increase in price compared to USD inflation is 3.3x larger or an increase of 333%.