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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_c
by 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 agoYes, 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 agohttp://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts