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Wrestling with the “Comfort-Zone” and Distorted Core Inflation. Raymond W Stone Stone & McCarthy Research Associates April 12, 2007. Core PCE Deflator Running a Little Above the “Comfort-Zone”. OER Accounts for About Half of the 12-mo Chg in Core CPI, and Nearly All of the Acceleration.
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Wrestling with the “Comfort-Zone” and Distorted Core Inflation Raymond W Stone Stone & McCarthy Research Associates April 12, 2007
Core PCE Deflator Running a Little Above the “Comfort-Zone”
OER Accounts for About Half of the 12-mo Chg in Core CPI, and Nearly All of the Acceleration
In Recent Years the Trend in Rents has been Inversely Related to Home Prices
Elevation of Rental Unit Vacancy Rents Relatively Protracted