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JPM Below Consensus For Core CPI

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JPMorgan see core CPI inflation of 0.38% M/M, which should push the year-ago rate down two tenths to 6.4% Y/Y.

  • They think rental inflation will moderate eventually but not this month, forecasting tenants’ rent and OER sequential inflation only fractionally softer than the fresh cycle highs of September.
  • Instead, relative weakness comes from many of the other main components. Used cars (-2.2%), new cars (-0.1%), airfares expected to have declined in October to weigh on public transportation (-2.2%), apparel (-0.2%) and communications keep trending lower (-0.1%).
  • They also expect a noticeable downshift in medical care inflation in the CPI, with the BLS set to incorporate an annual update to source data used to estimate health insurance prices, weighing on overall medical care prices rising just 0.1% in October.

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