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How a New Inflation Index Could Change Your Rent
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into a fresh approach to measuring inflation: a new rent index that tracks asking prices for new leases, not the average of all existing leases. They explain why the traditional CPI rent measure lags the real market by up to a year, and how this new index could give policymakers and consumers a faster, clearer signal. With rents still rising in many cities even as headline CPI cools, the hosts unpack what this means for your wallet, for the Fed's next moves, and for the future of inflation data. They also touch on why current CPI inflation sits at…
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