Every year it gets pricier to live rich. This past year is no different. For more than four decades, Forbes has been tracking a basket of ultraluxe items and services–including thoroughbred yearlings, Chanel handbags and custom floral arrangements for your home–to create our Cost of Living Extremely Well Index (CLEWI). This year CLEWI increased by 4.7%, a bit below last year’s 4.9% bump and notably less than the 10.1% jump in 2021. Inflation for the super-rich is easing. Still, CLEWI outpaced the Consumer Price Index, which measures the........

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