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Your Landlord Is Raising Rent More Than CPI Says
Episode 81 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People. Lucas and Luna dig into why your rent check keeps climbing even as headline CPI for shelter shows only a 4.2% annual increase. They explain the BLS's 'imputed rent' methodology — how the CPI estimates what owners would pay themselves, not what tenants actually pay. Using fresh May 2026 CPI data (all items at 334.0, core at 336.1), they reveal a growing gap between market-rate rents (up 6.8% in major metros per Zillow) and CPI shelter inflation. They walk through the BLS…
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