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CPI methodology

How the consumer price index is constructed: which household costs are inside the basket, how components such as owners' equivalent rent and health insurance are estimated, and the weight each carries.

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August's 4.9% annualized CPI rests on one 0.40% month

Wolf Richter annualizes August's 0.40% monthly rise at 4.9% and core services at 4.0%, while the year-over-year rates for the headline index and for core services both sat where July left them, at 3.4% and 3.0%.

Publishers:wolfstreet.com

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Hype gap+25
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