Housing Inflation Persists Amid Economic Cooling
Persistent Housing Inflation Amidst Broad Economic Cooling While the larger American economy has shown notable cooling from peak epidemic levels, housing inflation has stayed high. Reducing the consumer price index (CPI) to targets for policymakers depends mostly on this slow drop in housing costs, which presents a challenge. Comprising 36% of the CPI, housing represents a higher proportion than food and energy. Consequently, movements in shelter prices have a big influence on gen
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