Instantaneous Core Prices

Updated to include core PPI:

Figure 1: Instantaneous inflation for core CPI (blue), chained core CPI (tan), supercore CPI (pink), services supercore (light green), PPI core (red), and PCE core (green), per Eeckhout (2023), T=12, a=4. September observation based on PCE core nowcasts from Cleveland Fed as of 10/10/2024. Source: BLS, BEA, Pawel SkrzypczynskiCleveland Fed, and author’s calculations.

Instantaneous Core PPI inflation declined. It’s tempting to conclude this movement will feed into the CPI inflation, but this is not obviously the case. See this post for discussion of formal econometric analyses of whether PPI leads CPI.

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  1. pgl

    ‘I answered your question with another question’: Vance refuses to say Trump lost in 2020 — 5 times
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/i-answered-your-question-with-another-question-vance-refuses-to-say-trump-lost-in-2020-5-times/ar-AA1s6Mr9?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=0019bfec7f6c4e09b8dbd9e6f18c6410&ei=11

    “Sen. Vance, I’m going to ask you again,” Garcia-Navarro repeated. “Did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election?” “And I’ve answered your question with another question,” Vance replied. “You answer my question and I’ll answer yours.”

    Geesh! Little JD has the internet troll routine DOWN!

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