November consumer prices rose at a 2.7% annual rate, lower than expected, delayed data shows

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16. The BLS is a good source

and I think they still give the best possible economic data they are able.

Realize also the largest item of CPI is not rent but what homeowners believe if they had to rent their own house what it would go for. From Google AI....The Consumer Price Index (CPI) weighs homeowner housing costs using Owners' Equivalent Rent (OER), which estimates what a homeowner would pay to rent their own home, rather than using mortgage payments or house prices. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) surveys renters of similar properties to determine these imputed rents, reflecting the consumption cost of shelter as an opportunity cost, not an investment. This OER, alongside actual rent, makes up the substantial "shelter" component (around 30% of CPI), giving it significant weight in overall inflation measures.

Rent is falling. Across the country. The falling rent offsets increases in health care, or services generally.

Other than when inflation hit 9% just after the pandemic, and during the Great Resignation, I really don't think inflation is as much a factor as wages. People don't have enough money. Now it's worded as "affordability" which is even more meaningless.

Good news none the less.