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PCE Inflation (2.9%, 3.0%) and GDP Inflation (3.7%) Got Hotter, but CPI Inflation (2.4%) Cooled. Why? The Fed Needs to Pay Serious Attention

By Wolf Richter

The PCE price index gets pushed down far less by the doctored housing index than CPI does because housing weighs half as much in PCE.