Hedge Funds Don’t Trust the BLS Anymore. They Trust Truflation.
Official Inflation Data is Modeled. Truflation is Measured.
Day 84 of 100 Days of TRUF
When Andreas Steno Larsen, one of the sharpest macro minds in the game, says “the data quality sucks” about official inflation numbers, you know something is broken.
And when he follows it with “I’ve been a fan of your data for ages”, pointing to Truflation as the alternative, you know where the future is heading.
Official Stats Are Fiction.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is slashing the amount of data it actually collects. Andreas laid it out:
- They’ve cut from 100,000+ prices down to ~60,000.
- They’re imputing 30% of the basket instead of 10%.
- Translation: PhD economists are filling in the gaps with Excel models instead of tracking reality.
Meanwhile, trillions in debt refinancings, Fed policy, and global bond markets are being steered by these stitched-together numbers.
Garbage in, garbage out.
The Source of Truth
Truflation isn’t a model. It’s measurement.
- 100M+ data points
- 100+ data sources
- 18M items tracked daily across 12 categories
That’s a living, breathing snapshot of the real economy; prices at the pump, at the grocery aisle, at the rent office.
It’s why Andreas pointed out something Wall Street is already whispering: Truflation data correlates with bond yields far better than the BLS. Because bond traders care about reality, not political spin.
The Market Has Moved On
Andreas didn’t mince words:
“Everyone and their mother in investing gathers second opinions now. Truflation is becoming that second opinion.”
Hedge funds are already building theses on Truflation numbers. Prediction markets are trading on it. Index creators are calibrating with it.
The official data machine is 45 days behind. Truflation is live.
Why This Matters
This isn’t just a nerd fight about methodology. The U.S. alone has $6–9 trillion of debt rolling over this year. Interest rates, bond yields, and entire asset classes hinge on inflation prints.
If those prints are wrong, and they are, the system is flying blind.
That’s why the smart money is shifting to independent, verifiable data streams. That’s why Truflation sits at the heart of TRUF.NETWORK, the critical infrastructure powering the next generation of financial markets:
- Nuon.fi - building inflation-proof money.
- Index.fun - creating tradable, crypto-native indexes.
- Prediction markets - pricing the future with real-time truth.
All of it runs on TRUF, the tokenized engine of verified data.
The Bottom Line
When macro heavyweights like Andreas Steno Larsen are saying it out loud - that official data is broken, politicized, and modeled instead of measured - the opportunity is clear.
Truflation isn’t just an alternative. It’s becoming the benchmark.
The question is: will you still be trading on yesterday’s fiction, or building on tomorrow’s Source of Truth?
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