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Personal inflation basket

The official price index measures an average basket. Your life can be weighted differently: more rent, less tech, other food. The index is not automatically your life.

In more detail

If your personal mix rises faster than the index, you feel more inflation than the headline. If it rises more slowly, you feel less. Both can be true at once: the index describes the average, not every household.

Background

Finmon does not compute a private price index and does not give investment advice. The inflation in the official basket and the inflation you feel can differ. Neither side has to be lying. This sits next to inflation, nominal versus real values, and slowing inflation.

An example

The index rises 2%. Your rent and transit tickets (a large share of your spending) rise more. Your basket feels dearer than the headline number.

A common misconception

The official inflation rate is exactly my inflation.

It measures an average basket. Your spending weights can differ.

Source: Destatis · Verbraucherpreisindex. Last reviewed: 2026-11-09. Editorially reviewed on 2026-11-09. Next review 2027-11-09. Version 0.2.0. Finmon explains. It does not advise. Not investment, tax or legal advice.