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Why Hotel Rooms Show Up in Core Inflation
Episode 12 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna unpack the latest CPI release for April 2026, focusing on one outlier category: lodging away from home, which jumped 2.1% month-over-month. They explain why hotels, motels, and Airbnb stays are tracked in core CPI, not the headline, and how a surge in business travel and a tight labor market for housekeeping staff are pushing rates higher. The hosts also explore what this means for Fed policy — if service-side inflation stays sticky in categories like lodging, the central bank may hold rates steady even as goods prices cool…
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