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Economy
Inflation Soars but Markets are calm
2021-07-14
[MSN] Consumer prices just posted their largest one-month jump in nearly 13 years, a fact that might tempt some to conclude that a white-hot U.S. economy is on the brink of runaway inflation.

But a spike in the June 2021 consumer price index reading may, in fact, be little cause for alarm.

That's because a significant reason for the overall prices increase is thanks to a dizzying rise in one isolated area of the economy: Used car prices.
[It is surprising to me but even the bond market is stable and at very low rates, e.g. below 1.4% for the 10 year T bond]
  • A hot June 2021 consumer price index may not be cause for alarm thanks to a dizzying, but isolated, rise in used car prices.

  • "The headline CPI numbers have shock value, for sure; however, once you realize that a third of the increase is used car prices, the transitory picture becomes more clear," wrote Jamie Cox, managing partner at Harris Financial Group.

  • The Labor Department reported on Tuesday that its CPI rose 5.4% from a year ago, the largest jump since August 2008.




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Posted by:Lord Garth

#2  another issue is to what extent the commodity inflation will lead to wage inflation

last month price increases were, unfortunately for employees, almost double the wage increase -
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-07-14 14:38  

#1  Whistling past the graveyard. Those who do not remember the 1970s (and even those who do) are apparently doomed to repeat them.
Posted by: Tom   2021-07-14 11:23  

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