Trump and Fed Policy

found 2025 › Jun › 30 (Mon) @ 22:10 UTC

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Today President Trump put out a note urging Fed Chair Powell to lower rates.

The following image, courtesy of Conor Sen, shows the central bank rates around the world. Mr. Trump wrote:

Jerome, You …

PCE Measure of Shelter Decreases to 4.1% YoY in May

found 2025 › Jun › 27 (Fri) @ 14:30 UTC

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Here is a graph of the year-over-year change in shelter from the CPI report and housing from the PCE report this morning, both through May 2025.

CPI Shelter was up 3.9% year-over-year in May, down f…

Cleveland Fed: Median CPI increased 0.2% and Trimmed-mean CPI increased 0.2% in May

found 2025 › Jun › 11 (Wed) @ 18:30 UTC

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The Cleveland Fed released the median CPI and the trimmed-mean CPI.

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the median Consumer Price Index rose 0.2% in May. The 16% trimmed-mean Consume…

PCE Measure of Shelter Decreases to 4.2% YoY in April

found 2025 › May › 30 (Fri) @ 14:10 UTC

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Here is a graph of the year-over-year change in shelter from the CPI report and housing from the PCE report this morning, both through April 2025.

CPI Shelter was up 4.0% year-over-year in April, un…

Cleveland Fed: Median CPI increased 0.3% and Trimmed-mean CPI increased 0.2% in April

found 2025 › May › 13 (Tue) @ 18:40 UTC

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The Cleveland Fed released the median CPI and the trimmed-mean CPI.

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the median Consumer Price Index rose 0.3% in April. The 16% trimmed-mean Consu…

PCE Measure of Shelter Decreases Slightly to 4.3% YoY in March

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 15:45 UTC

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Here is a graph of the year-over-year change in shelter from the CPI report and housing from the PCE report this morning, both through March 2025.

CPI Shelter was up 4.0% year-over-year in March, do…

Cleveland Fed: Median CPI increased 0.3% and Trimmed-mean CPI increased 0.2% in February

found 2025 › Apr › 10 (Thu) @ 17:40 UTC

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The Cleveland Fed released the median CPI and the trimmed-mean CPI.

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the median Consumer Price Index rose 0.3% in February. The 16% trimmed-mean Co…

PCE Measure of Shelter Decreases to 4.3% YoY in February

found 2025 › Mar › 28 (Fri) @ 16:37 UTC

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Here is a graph of the year-over-year change in shelter from the CPI report and housing from the PCE report this morning, both through February 2025.

CPI Shelter was up 4.2% year-over-year in Februa…

Cleveland Fed: Median CPI increased 0.3% and Trimmed-mean CPI increased 0.3% in February

found 2025 › Mar › 12 (Wed) @ 20:21 UTC

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The Cleveland Fed released the median CPI and the trimmed-mean CPI.

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the median Consumer Price Index rose 0.3% in February. The 16% trimmed-mean Co…

PCE Measure of Shelter Decreases to 4.5% YoY in January

found 2025 › Feb › 28 (Fri) @ 21:43 UTC

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Here is a graph of the year-over-year change in shelter from the CPI report and housing from the PCE report this morning, both through January 2025.

CPI Shelter was up 4.4% year-over-year in January…