The Collapse of the Health Insurance CPI (How it Became Chickenshit) by Wolf Richter • Nov 14, 2023 • 160 Comments The BLS now tweaked the methodology after letting it go haywire for two years. This fiasco should be a career-ender for the top of the BLS.
Powell’s Gonna Have a Cow When He Sees the PCE Inflation in “Core Services,” Housing, and Non-Housing Core Services by Wolf Richter • Oct 27, 2023 • 218 Comments Hitting all his hot buttons today with the month-to-month PCE price index.
“Rent” Inflation in Canada Spikes to Highest since 1983, amid Spike in Population. Homeownership CPI Remains Red-Hot by Wolf Richter • Oct 18, 2023 • 76 Comments Prices eased in other categories.
Acceleration of Inflation Continues, Core Services Inflation Spikes despite the Massive Health-Insurance Adjustment by Wolf Richter • Oct 12, 2023 • 266 Comments This was the last of 12 health insurance adjustments that pushed down core CPI and core services CPI; it will swing the other way next month.
Social Security COLA for 2024 Will Be Meager 3.2%, Likely to Be Outrun by Inflation by Wolf Richter • Oct 12, 2023 • 147 Comments Cost-of-Living Adjustment for 2024 plunges from 2023 mega-COLA, which outran inflation by a wide margin. This one will fall behind inflation.
Our Experience with the Collapse of the Dollar’s Purchasing Power for Used Cars, Auto Insurance, Repair Costs, Rental Cars by Wolf Richter • Oct 9, 2023 • 260 Comments Or why auto insurance has gotten so ridiculously expensive — after used vehicles have gotten so ridiculously expensive.
PCE Inflation Index Revised Higher Going Back 2 Years. “Core Services” PCE Price Index Was Much Hotter by Wolf Richter • Sep 29, 2023 • 52 Comments Fed’s favored inflation measures get a big upward revision going back across this bout of inflation.
Worst “Rent” Inflation since 1983 & Red-Hot Homeownership CPI Fuel Canada’s CPI Surge. Bank of Canada in a Pickle of its Own Making by Wolf Richter • Sep 19, 2023 • 140 Comments Inflation dished up another nasty surprise. Other costs jumped too. Gasoline didn’t help. This was a broad-based mess.
The Acceleration of Inflation in the Second Half Has Begun, “Disinflation” Honeymoon Terminated by Wolf Richter • Sep 13, 2023 • 329 Comments Month-to-month CPI spikes, core CPI and core services CPI accelerate, despite ongoing massive health insurance adjustment.
Gasoline Prices Rise Year-over-Year for First Time since Feb 2022: CPI Inflation to Feel the Heat this Year by Wolf Richter • Sep 5, 2023 • 109 Comments “Disinflation” already ended.
