The US government’s main indicator of inflation, the consumer price index, is compiled by looking at the changes in price that urban Americans pay for a set basket of goods.

Those living in rural America are not surveyed and they are harder hit by increases in prices for gas, used cars, groceries and health care.

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https://theconversation.com/rural-americans-arent-included-in-inflation-figures-and-for-them-the-cost-of-living-may-be-rising-faster-197781