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Why Your Gym Membership Inflation Feels Worse Than CPI
Episode 72 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna examine why the price of a gym membership has risen nearly twice as fast as headline CPI over the past three years. They break down the specific cost drivers — commercial real estate leases, insurance liability premiums, and labor shortages for trainers — and explain why this feels different from the broad inflation numbers you hear about. Using the latest CPI data (May 2026: 334.0) and the core services inflation that the Fed is watching, they connect the dots between a $50 monthly bill and a structural shift in how service…
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