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Inside the Rent Inflation Measure That Economics Nerds Love to Hate

The Consumer Price Index inflation measure accounts for housing costs in a complicated way. There are reasons for it.

Jeanna Smialek
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Consumer Price Index, Federal Reserve System, Inflation (Economics), internal-truncator, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Renting and Leasing (Real Estate), United States Economy
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