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Why Your Grocery Bill Isnt Matching Official CPI Numbers
Episode 13 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo digs into the widening gap between official CPI data and what households actually experience at the checkout counter. As of April 2026, headline CPI sits at 332.4, up about 0.6% from the prior month—a modest rise on paper. But consumer sentiment hit a record low in May, and surveys show many Americans feel inflation is running much hotter. Lucas and Luna unpack the structural reasons behind this disconnect: how the CPI's substitution effect, geometric weighting, and the exclusion of certain out-of-pocket costs like rising insurance premiums…
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