Saturday, November 30, 2024
Inflation Is Low But Living Costs Are High
From Torsten Sløk:
“The Consumer Price Index is 22% higher than in January 2020, see chart below.
This means that the prices of all goods and services that consumers spend money on are up, on average, 22%.
For example, since January 2020, the price of cereal is 30% higher, household electricity is 32% higher, and car insurance is 52% higher.
The bottom line is that the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation, namely year-over-year inflation, may be back near 2%, but the living costs for households are still dramatically higher than four years ago.
Posted by at 8:23 AM
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