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Inflation, Spending & a Fed on Edge | S3 E112 | 01-14-26
Headlines say inflation is coming down — but is it really?
Verdence CIO Megan Horneman challenges the popular inflation narrative by breaking down the latest CPI (Consumer Price Index) and PPI (Producer Price Index) reports.
While headline inflation numbers appear to show improvement, core inflation remains above the Fed’s target, and the areas consumers feel most — food, housing, utilities, healthcare, and services — continue to rise sharply. Understand why inflation is becoming disguised in the data, especially within sticky service-sector prices the Federal Reserve cannot easily control…
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