Asking Rents in 33 Bigger Cities: Where they Spike, Rise more Slowly, or Fall. US Rents for Single-Family Homes Surge, Pull Further away from Multifamily by Wolf Richter • Dec 30, 2025 • 28 Comments Rents spiked in San Francisco, Chicago, NY City, Rochester, Kansas City… rose more slowly in others… fell in Austin, Denver, San Antonio, Phoenix…
Today’s Doctored CPI Inflation Release is like a Bad Joke, but Very Serious (though it Suits the Administration’s Narrative) by Wolf Richter • Dec 18, 2025 • 280 Comments No CPI data for October, partially made-up CPI data for November, and now 3 months’ of doctored OER data which weighs 26% of overall CPI.
Services Inflation Accelerates Further in the Euro Area, Drives Overall & Core CPI Higher by Wolf Richter • Dec 2, 2025 • 20 Comments Services inflation was on the ECB’s worry-list when it kept rates unchanged for the third meeting in a row.
New Vehicle Inflation: the “WOLF STREET Ford F-150 XLT & Toyota Camry LE Price Index” Going back to 1990 v. CPI by Wolf Richter • Nov 28, 2025 • 112 Comments Now updated with the prices for the 2026 model year.
PPI Inflation Bounces Back by Wolf Richter • Nov 25, 2025 • 23 Comments Food and energy prices spiked in the delayed Producer Price Index for September.
Data Fog Engulfing October due to Government Shutdown May “Never” Be Fully Lifted by Wolf Richter • Nov 13, 2025 • 73 Comments Survey-based data doesn’t exist because the surveys were not conducted in October. But data that companies electronically submitted exists.
Inflation Rages in Streaming Services by Wolf Richter • Nov 12, 2025 • 115 Comments Consumers, despite their ultra-foul mood, are not pushing back with waves of cancellations that would keep a lid on streamflation.
Food Inflation: The Price Spikes of Beef, Coffee, Eggs, and Dairy by Wolf Richter • Oct 24, 2025 • 121 Comments CPI for food at home has surged by 30% since January 2020. Food prices are nothing to be trifled with.
Massive Outlier in Owner’s Equivalent of Rent Pushed Down CPI, Core CPI, Core Services CPI: Something Went Awry at the BLS by Wolf Richter • Oct 24, 2025 • 85 Comments OER weighs 26% of CPI, 33% of core CPI, 44% of core services CPI. It moves the needle. CPI inflation would have been a lot hotter without this outlier.
The Huge US Bond Market and the US Dollar Blow Off the “Debasement Trade” by Wolf Richter • Oct 13, 2025 • 121 Comments The bond market has taken the opposite bet, and the dollar has strengthened.
