“underneath, inflation remained sticky and food prices are undercounted by Bureau of Labor Statistics methods
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“Underlying economic pressures in the U.S. remain stickier than the consumer price index figure released Wednesday implies
“rent increases on rent-stabilized apartments have failed to keep pace with inflation for years, even as the costs of maintaining buildings have continued to rise
“bitcoin moves hardest when inflation data forces a rethink on rates, gaining an average 3.25% across the three occasions in the past nine releases when inflation came in below expectations
“temporary drops in energy and gasoline prices make the headline figure look small
“the index ignores key housing costs such as property taxes, insurance and home prices
“Economists, whether they are on the right or on the left, essentially are in universal agreement, that when the government implements price controls in the rental market, you end up with housing shortages,
“[He said] he would get the gas prices under control, and they were for a while, He said he was gonna get food prices down, but he has no control over that. The president is basically a puppet for Congress and the Senate. His hands are tied, to a certain extent.
“the overall cost figures do not capture the full range of benefits because they are "not possible to monetise"