great report to build off of
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While everyone wants to see analysis available by lot number, this report does a great job of starting an important discussion. Adjusting by CPI is indeed a common methodology to compare distinct years, and recency bias keeps us needing these types of reports so we don't rely too much on what just happened. I am interested in the financial impacts of these events, and see these reports as useful as are the ones done by reinsurers and others. We have so much data available, and each researcher has different and useful ways of interpreting it. My preference is to encourage everything and then have a calm discussion where the best reports can become recurring and add to the next generation of research. Let's work together and learn from each other!