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US DATA: Analyst "Miss" On Core CPI Driven By Housing, Airfares, Lodging

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Analyst expectations for August core CPI were too low (0.20% M/M MNI median vs 0.28% actual), in turn driven by underestimating housing inflation. See table below.

  • The analyst median expectation of core services was 0.30% M/M, but this registered 0.41% on the back of OER (0.50%, 0.20pp above expected) and tenants' rents (0.37%, 0.07pp above expected).
  • Analysts also underestimated the rebounds in lodging and airfares, though auto insurance prices missed expectations to the downside.
  • However, analysts did not anticipate such a strong degree of core goods deflation, at -0.17% (vs -0.11% expected), even with used cars (-1.0% M/M) coming in roughly as expected.
  • Looking at headline CPI: the key headline categories of food (0.12% M/M, 0.1pp below expectations) and energy (-0.8% M/M, 0.2pp below expectations) came in below-expected (gasoline was roughly in line at -0.6% M/M). But the overall headline CPI expectation of 0.17% M/M was exceeded by 0.02pp nonetheless, due to the core categories coming in on the high side.

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