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Core Goods CPI Ex Used Cars Catches Up With Supply Chain Improvements

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  • Adding to the sizeable moderation in core non-housing services, it’s notable that core goods ex used cars & trucks did indeed also slow heavily from 0.33% to 0.04% M/M for its softest since Feb’21.
  • We flagged in the Preview the sizeable improvements in supply chain pressures (NY Fed’s GSCPI shown in chart below at levels not seen since Nov’08) which had fed through more quickly into input cost pressures judging by core PPI but were yet to materialise in consumer prices.
  • Total core goods inflation bouncing from 0.18% to 0.57% M/M was clearly driven by used cars swinging from -0.9% to +4.45% M/M.

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