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Why Your Insurance Premiums Are Rising Faster Than CPI
Episode 109 of Inflation Explained drills into a category hitting consumers hard in mid-2026: auto and home insurance. Hosts Lucas and Luna explore why insurance costs are soaring at nearly triple the headline CPI rate, using data from the latest May CPI report (up 0.48% month-over-month) and a 19.9% year-over-year jump in motor vehicle insurance. They explain how climate disasters, repair inflation from parts and labor, and reinsurance costs are creating a persistent price spiral that CPI's weighting underrepresents. The episode also ties in the Fed's 3.63% effective rate and a…
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