Inflation...

Does not affect all citizens of a country in the same way.
So please tell me why does every country come up with ONE inflation figure?

One would expect that at least three inflation figures would be reported every month. The base information is there. How the figures are used, interpreted and the impact these have on the different layers of society will naturally differ. And that is precisely what the governments do not want.

I propose:

1- one inflation figure for the poor
2- one inflation figure for the middle class
3- one inflation figure for the rich.

Now that would be meaningful.

But, you may ask, why is it not reported as such?

Simple1 Governments have no intention at all to uplift the poor or even the middle class.

1 - The poor must be kept poor and busy battling to survive. Hungry people have no time to question the actions of governments. Feed them with morsels before elections and the poor are good for another lot of lies, false promises.

2- The middle class is dangerous. They are the troublemakers. They can start revolutions and upset the apple cart. At the moment the middle class is kept busy, busy with smart phones, TV programs, sexual issues (always popular), so-called "democracy issues" and yes, even human rights screams and abuses.

3- And the rich? They don't really care in any case.

Governments create inflation as it suits them. They spend more than what they collect, pay themselves fat salaries (plus perks galore). So governments happily continue to borrow money and re-imburse the creditors with devalued money!