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Core PCE Likely Understates the ‘True’ Inflation Trend

posted by Michael Lewis on February 05, 2016

Found in US, categorized in Macro

Tags: michael lewis FMI inflation PCE CPI

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Headline

Neither the PCE deflator nor CPI is the “correct” inflation measure. They were designed for different purposes --

Abstract

FMI’s Friday Focus Commentary on differences between the core PCE and core CPI deflator. 

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