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Beneath The Skin Of CPI Inflation: Overall CPI Accelerates For Fourth Month, 'Core' CPI For Third Month On Re-Spiking Used Vehicle Prices And Rising Homeowner Costs

On a month-to-month basis, core CPI rose by 0.28% (+3.4% annualized) in October from September. The stubbornly high core inflation rate was driven by the prices of used vehicles that rose for the ...
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Beneath The Skin Of CPI Inflation: 'Core CPI' Accelerates For Third Month On Sharp Flip Of Used Vehicle Prices, Sticky Services Inflation

The 3-month average “core CPI” rose by 3.1% annualized, the second month of acceleration in a row. Core services CPI decelerated to a still high +4.4% annualized in September from August. Rent of ...