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Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Lucas and Luna anchor every episode of Inflation Explained with Fexingo in the latest CPI release, producer price index, and personal consumption expenditures data, pulling real-time figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Federal Reserve Economic Data. They dissect how a tenth-of-a-point move in core inflation ripples through grocery bills, rent renewals, and wage negotiations. Lucas charts the historical arc of price shocks, from the 1970s oil embargo to today's shelter-cost…
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Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday PeopleThe Import Price Twist Reshaping Your Inflation Reality
Episode 120 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna dive into a surprising new data point: import prices just posted their biggest monthly gain…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why June CPI Fell But Your Grocery Bill Didn't
In this episode of Inflation Explained with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna break down the June 2026 CPI report, which showed a surprise drop to 3.5% annual inflation…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Your Inflation Rate Is Lower Than the CPI Now
CPI fell to 3.5% in June 2026 — the lowest in over two years. But for millions of Americans, their personal inflation rate may actually be lower than the…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Your Wage Growth Feels Slower Than Inflation
In this episode of Inflation Explained, Lucas and Luna dig into a paradox that's frustrating millions of workers: the official CPI says inflation cooled…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Your Own Inflation Rate Is Higher Than the CPI
The official CPI dropped to 3.5% in June 2026, but your personal inflation rate might be 5% or higher. Lucas and Luna explain why the CPI basket doesn't…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Your Buying Habits Are Trapped by Inflation Psychology
Inflation is falling, but consumers still feel squeezed. Lucas and Luna explore a 2026 behavioural economics study showing that once prices rise, they anchor…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why the CPI Drop Doesn't Match Your Grocery Cart
Episode 114 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo. The June 2026 CPI report showed headline inflation easing to 3.5%, but the PCE price index rose again. Lucas…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
How China Deflation Is Your Cheap Temu Order
Episode 113 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna unpack how China's producer inflation hitting a near-4-year high while consumer prices…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Your Streaming and Dining Subscriptions Are Creeping Up
Episode 112 of Inflation Explained dives into the quiet price creep happening across subscription services — from streaming platforms to meal kit deliveries…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
The Funflation Trap Why Staying Home Costs More Now
In Episode 111 of Inflation Explained, Lucas and Luna break down the 'funflation' trend: why staying in for entertainment now costs more than going…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Staying In Is Costing You More Than Going Out
Episode 110 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo. Hosts Lucas and Luna unpack the 'funflation' trend reshaping household budgets in mid-2026. With the…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
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…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Your Netflix Bill Is Getting More Expensive Than CPI Says
Episode 108 of Inflation Explained: Lucas and Luna break down how streaming services are raising prices in ways that CPI doesn't capture. They look at…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Your Rent Is Rising Faster Than CPI Says
Lucas and Luna dig into the June 2026 CPI report and find that the shelter category—the biggest chunk of the index—is understating real rent increases by…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
How China's Factory Inflation Is Reshaping Your Grocery Bill
This episode of Inflation Explained with Fexingo dives into a surprising link: China's producer price index just hit a near-four-year high, even as its…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why You Pay More for the Same Car Insurance Policy
Episode 105 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo: Car insurance premiums have jumped 22% in the past year, far outpacing headline CPI. Lucas and Luna break down…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Two Percent Inflation Target Is Wrong for 2026
Lucas and Luna unpack why the Fed's two percent inflation target may no longer fit the economy of 2026. With core PCE at 2.4% and the labor force…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
How Service Shrinkflation Makes Your Dollar Stretch Less
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how inflation isn't just about higher prices—it's also about getting less for the same money. They focus on a…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
The Six Percent Rent Gap You Are Paying Right Now
Lucas and Luna dig into a startling disconnect in the May 2026 CPI data: official shelter inflation sits at 5.2% year over year, but private rent indexes from…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Shrinkflation Is Alive and Well in 2026
Episode 101 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo takes on shrinkflation in 2026. Lucas and Luna dig into new data showing that while headline CPI inflation has…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
The Inflation Gap Between Your Portfolio and Your Wallet
In Episode 100 of Inflation Explained, Lucas and Luna explore a structural disconnect in the economy: inflation is falling for financial assets but staying…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Gold and CPI Are Telling Different Inflation Stories
Episode 99 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo. Gold is up more than two percent in the last five days, trading above $4,100 an ounce, while the ten-year…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Gold Is Flashing an Inflation Signal the CPI Ignores
Episode 98 of Inflation Explained. Lucas and Luna dig into a strange divergence: the CPI is running at about 2.2 percent, but gold is up nearly 30 percent…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
The Hidden Inflation in Service Quality Cuts
In this episode of Inflation Explained with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore a subtle but powerful form of inflation—service quality cuts. When companies shrink…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why the Shelter Category Is Hiding Real Rent Inflation
CPI says rent is rising about 5 percent annually, but real market rents are climbing over 8 percent. Lucas and Luna dig into the Bureau of Labor…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why the Job Market Is Cooling Faster Than Inflation
In this episode, Lucas and Luna examine the surprising divergence between cooling employment data and sticky inflation. With the June payrolls report showing…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
How Used Car Prices Warp the CPI You Actually See
Episode 94 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna dig into the gap between CPI's used car and truck index and the real prices buyers face in…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
The Inflation Gap Between What You Pay and What CPI Shows
In episode 93 of Inflation Explained, Lucas and Luna tackle a persistent frustration: why the official CPI says inflation is cooling at 2.3% while your actual…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
The Cars You Actually Drive vs CPI Inflation
CPI says new-car prices rose 27% since 2020, but the average transaction price is up 34%. Lucas and Luna dig into the gap: why the government's…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
The Inflation Gap Between Your Brokerage and Your Bank
In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down a strange disconnect in the current economy: while the S&P 500 is sitting at 7,483 and the Fed's core PCE is…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Your Takeout Burger Is Cheaper Than Cooking at Home
Episode 90 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna dig into a bizarre inflation anomaly: in June 2026, the CPI for food at home rose 2.8%…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
The Inflation Gap Between Your Paycheck and CPI
Episode 89 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People. Hosts Lucas and Luna dig into a disconnect that…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
The Inflation Gap Between New and Used Cars That CPI Misses
Episode 88 of Inflation Explained looks at a quirk in how the Consumer Price Index tracks vehicle prices. The CPI data from May 2026 shows used car prices are…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
The Inflation Gap Between What You Pay and What CPI Shows
In episode 87 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dig into the disconnect between official CPI inflation and the prices consumers actually…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Your Pizza Delivery Fee Hides a Decade of Inflation
Lucas and Luna dig into the surprising economics behind the delivery fee on your pizza order. By tracing the cost of a single large pepperoni pizza from 2019…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
How the Fed Ignores Your Actual Rent Increase
Episode 85 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo digs into the gap between what landlords are charging and what the government's official rent index shows…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
The Inflation Gap Between Used Cars and CPIs New Methodology
Episode 84 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo digs into a fresh inflation blind spot: the CPI's revamped used-car methodology. Lucas and Luna break down…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
The Inflation Gap Between What You Pay and What CPI Shows
Episode 83 of Inflation Explained. Lucas and Luna dig into a persistent frustration for listeners: why their personal cost of living keeps rising faster than…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why the Fed Ignores the Rent You Actually Pay
Episode 82 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo dives into the gap between the rent CPI reports and what tenants actually sign on leases. Lucas and Luna break…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
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…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why the Fed's Core PCE Hit 3.4 Percent
Episode 80 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo: Why the Fed's preferred inflation gauge—core PCE—hit 3.4 percent in May 2026, its highest since October…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
How the Fed's Favorite Inflation Gauge Now Reads 3.4 Percent
The Fed's preferred inflation measure, the core PCE price index, hit 3.4 percent in May 2026 — its highest since October 2023. Lucas and Luna dig into why…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
The Rent Trap Your Landlord Is Using to Beat CPI
Rent is up 6.2% year-over-year while CPI shelter shows 4.8%. Lucas and Luna unpack the gap: how landlords are using 'market-rate resets' and…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Grocery Margins Are Rising Faster Than CPI
In Episode 77 of Inflation Explained, Lucas and Luna examine why grocery store margins are climbing even as headline CPI moderates. With the latest PCE data…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why the Fed's Preferred Inflation Gauge Hit Its Highest Since 2023
Core PCE inflation hit 3.4% in May 2026, the highest since October 2023. Lucas and Luna break down why this matters more than CPI, how it complicates the…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Your Rent Is Rising Faster Than the CPI Says
In this episode of Inflation Explained, Lucas and Luna dig into the growing gap between official CPI shelter numbers and what renters actually pay. Using May…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Your Electric Bill Is Outrunning CPI
In this episode of Inflation Explained, Lucas and Luna examine why electricity prices are climbing faster than the headline CPI. With the May 2026 CPI at 334.0…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Your Car Payment Feels Stuck Even as Inflation Slows
Episode 73 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo digs into a puzzle: the CPI shows inflation cooling, but the average monthly car payment keeps rising. Lucas and…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
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…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Your Insurance Bill Wont Cool With CPI
In this episode of Inflation Explained with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dig into why your homeowners and auto insurance premiums keep surging even as overall…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Factory Job Cuts Signal a New Kind of Inflation
Factory job cuts in June 2026 are nearing levels seen during the financial crisis and Covid, according to S&P. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore why a…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
How Shrinkflation Is Quietly Reshaping Your Grocery Bill
Lucas and Luna dive into shrinkflation: the practice where companies reduce package sizes instead of raising prices. They examine why the CPI data often misses…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
How the CPI Captures Your New Car Insurance Spike
Lucas and Luna dig into the May CPI report to show how your auto insurance premium is driving core services inflation. The CPI rose to 334.0, but it's the…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why the Fed Is Watching Services Inflation Not Goods
In Episode 67 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dig into why the Federal Reserve is now laser-focused on services inflation—things like…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Your Homeowners Insurance Is Surging Faster Than Inflation
Episode 66 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna dig into why homeowners insurance premiums are rising at triple the rate of overall inflation…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why the Fed Is Stuck With Inflation That Wont Quit
In this episode of Inflation Explained, Lucas and Luna dig into why the Fed's preferred core PCE inflation gauge is still running hot even as headline CPI…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why the Fed Is Stuck Between Core Services Inflation and Rate Cuts
In Episode 64 of Inflation Explained, Lucas and Luna dig into the data point that has the new Fed chair, Kevin Warsh, boxed in: core services inflation, which…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Child Care Costs Are the Inflation the CPI Misses
Episode 63 of Inflation Explained. Lucas and Luna look at a single inflation blind spot: child care. The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures market prices, but…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Used Car Prices Are Falling But Your Car Loan Isnt
In this episode of Inflation Explained with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna examine a strange disconnect in the auto market: used car prices are dropping for the first…
- Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People
Why Car Insurance Is Beating the Inflation Slowdown
In this episode of Inflation Explained, Lucas and Luna examine why car insurance premiums are rising at triple the rate of overall inflation, even as core CPI…