Housing cost softness or price declines could provide positive input to CPI, but this is a 'cooked number' because the government uses owner's equivalent rent (OER) methodology that doesn't truly reflect market rent dynamics
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“Housing softness is good in principle, but CPI is 'cooked' with owner's equivalent rent methodology.”
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