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Supercore CPI Trending Higher, 3-Mth Over 5% Annualized

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  • Core CPI came in very much as expected in November at 0.285% M/M (cons 0.3 median, 0.27 av) after 0.23% M/M in Oct.
  • Supercore (core services ex OER & rents) however was slightly on the higher side at 0.44% M/M after 0.22% M/M. Recall that most of the limited analyst estimates for supercore had pointed to ~0.4% M/M but TD looked for 0.18%.
  • In trend rate terms, core CPI is tracking at 3.4% annualized over three months (unch from Oct) and 2.9% annualized over six months (from 3.2% in Oct).
  • Supercore CPI meanwhile is tracking at ~5.1% annualized over three months (up from 4.8% in Oct) and 3.6% annualized over six months (from 3.2%).
  • These are the highest supercore run rates since March and May respectively and whilst biased higher by the health insurance reset in October, it’s still trending in the wrong direction for the FOMC.

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