Inflation Data Anomalies Signal Potential Market Volatility
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The article discusses a significant outlier in the Owner's Equivalent of Rent (OER) component of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which heavily influenced inflation readings in September 2023. Due to an anomaly, OER's minimal increase of 0.13% significantly lowered the overall CPI, core CPI, and core services CPI figures, potentially underestimating true inflation levels. Without this outlier, inflation would have appeared much higher, especially in core services, which are heavily weighted by housing costs.
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