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Are the rent increases part of the inflation indexes ? I ask because Fed seems hell bent on stoking up inflation and I don't see why this shouldn't be part of i

• tehabe 10y ago
  The Fed is using the Personal consumption expenditure index done by the Department of Commerce. And yes, rents are in. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_consumption_expenditures_price_index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_consumption_expenditu...
  • tostitos1979 10y ago
    Yes, but home prices are not. If they were, my guess is we'd see a different story (especially regionally). Someone used to do a shadow inflation index .. when energy prices were excluded from the numbers. Forget the details.
    • n00b101 10y ago
      http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts