Core CPI holds steady while Headline CPI was dragged down by falling energy
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Core CPI holds steady while Headline CPI was dragged down by falling energy
Saturday's Wall Street Journal said everything we need to know: a story about how Americans are keeping their cars for nearly 13 years, at the bottom an article about restaurants charging $40 for half a rotisserie chicken. These two stories are not contradictions... its where we are.
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Read AnalysisThe April PCE report confirms what the many already suspect: inflation is not retreating. Headline PCE rose to 3.8% year-over-year, the highest since May 2023. When inflation persists at these levels for half a year, it stops being transitory. But I'm optimistic that the economy keeps growing.
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