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Why Your Electric Bill Is Outrunning CPI
In this episode of Inflation Explained, Lucas and Luna examine why electricity prices are climbing faster than the headline CPI. With the May 2026 CPI at 334.0 and core CPI at 336.1, the hosts drill down into the specific components driving utility inflation: rising natural gas costs, grid upgrade expenses, and the growing impact of data center demand. They connect this to the broader story of sticky services inflation that the Federal Reserve is watching closely, and consider whether the current rate environment—with the Fed Funds rate at 3.63%—is doing enough to cool these persistent price…
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