Rent is driving inflation. But there’s something off in the data.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/03/rent-cpi-housing-fed/
Housing Costs Are Running Hot, but Is the Data Missing a Cooling Trend?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/business/economy/housing-inflation-fed.html
Pandemic disruptions may have muddled the measurement of home prices in inflation data. That could complicate the Fed’s course on interest rates.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/03/rent-cpi-housing-fed/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/business/economy/housing-inflation-fed.html
Pandemic disruptions may have muddled the measurement of home prices in inflation data. That could complicate the Fed’s course on interest rates.
One Says 2.4%, Another Says 3.1%. Which Inflation Metric Is Right?
https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/one-says-2-4-another-says-3-1-which-inflation-metric-is-right-5fbc6634
https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/one-says-2-4-another-says-3-1-which-inflation-metric-is-right-5fbc6634
Core PCE Inflation Spike in Jan 2024
https://twitter.com/jasonfurman/status/1763200764598505874
Related:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/feds-preferred-inflation-gauge-logs-lowest-annual-rise-since-march-2021-133219019.html
Auto Insurance Spike Hampers the Inflation Fight
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/business/economy/auto-insurance-inflation.html
Costlier vehicles and repairs are pushing premiums higher even as the increase in U.S. consumer prices is tapering overall.
https://twitter.com/jasonfurman/status/1763200764598505874
Related:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/feds-preferred-inflation-gauge-logs-lowest-annual-rise-since-march-2021-133219019.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/business/economy/auto-insurance-inflation.html
Costlier vehicles and repairs are pushing premiums higher even as the increase in U.S. consumer prices is tapering overall.