Why do americans complain about inflation when usa's inflation is just around 3 percent?

[Anonymous]

My country's inflation is around 70 percent and our inflation has never been around 3 percent

[NamerOfStars]

Our inflation is a helluva lot higher than 3 percent; the government has changed the way it measures inflation and excluded food and fuel costs. There's probably more monkeying around with it that I don't quite grasp, but that's the core of it.

[AngryCarl]

The Fed's target for inflation is 2% so it's still a little high. Add to that the fact that real inflation is always higher than the published figure. Anyway wages have lagged behind inflation for decades.

[Asker]

Why doesn't your government raise minimum wage

[DryGermanGuy]

It’s an election year. Both parties will want to rile up their potential voters with overdramatizing every issue and see what sticks to the wall.

[jahaims]

The numbers are a lie. Groceries don't triple in price in 4 years with a 3% rate.