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US CPI: Shelter Prices Picking Up After A Lull

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A few other notes on services prices in May:

  • Medical Care services decelerated to -0.09 M/M%, the lowest reading of the year, and that's 7% or so of CPI. Medical care commodities- a little under 2% of CPI weighting - accelerated to +0.24%, highest since Mar-20.
  • And very closely watched: shelter costs are beginning to accelerate. owner equivalent rent rang in at +0.31%, highest since April 2019, while rents up +0.24%, highest since Mar-20.
  • The latter is key to inflation expectations for the rest of the year: most analysts expect OER and private sector rents to pick up from a recent lull. Combined, they're around one-third of the CPI basket.


Source: BLS, MNI

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