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Gas is pulling up the CPI right now, but it's always volatile. Shelter is slow, strongly linked to monetary policy, and the highest-weighted component in the CP
by jbay808 4y ago
Gas is pulling up the CPI right now, but it's always volatile. Shelter is slow, strongly linked to monetary policy, and the highest-weighted component in the CPI basket, and it's up 5.6% YoY, with a lot of inertia to keep growing. That suggests to me, in a back-of-a-napkin way, that about half of the current inflation is due to monetary policy.
- gizmo686 4y agoShelter tracks CPI less energy pretty closely, especially during the recent surge: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=RJqZ https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=RJqZ