Notre commentaire: de la même façon que la Fed a menti en disant que sa politique monétaire visait à faire baisser le chomage sous les 5% , elle a menti en prétendant vouloir ramener l’inflation au dessus des 2%. En fait nous avons dépassé les deux objectifs et la Fed continue son laxisme. La réalité est que la Fed veut poursuivre la répression financière le plus longtemps possible.

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https://www.clevelandfed.org/our-research/indicators-and-data/median-cpi.aspx

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https://www.clevelandfed.org/#FRBHOMECHARTS_tab2

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MEDIAN CPI UP 0.2% IN FEBRUARY

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the median Consumer Price Index rose 0.2% (2.8% annualized rate) in February.

The 16% trimmed-mean Consumer Price Index also rose 0.2% (2.6% annualized rate) during the month.

The median CPI and 16% trimmed-mean CPI are measures of core inflation calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland based on data released in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) monthly CPI report.

Earlier today, the BLS reported that the seasonally adjusted CPI for all urban consumers fell 0.2% (-2.0% annualized rate) in February. The CPI less food and energy rose 0.3% (3.4% annualized rate) on a seasonally adjusted basis.

Over the last 12 months, the median CPI rose 2.4%, the trimmed-mean CPI rose 2.0%, the CPI rose 1.0%, and the CPI less food and energy rose 2.3%.

In September 2007, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland changed the way it constructs its median and trimmed-mean consumer price index (CPI) measures. The change was made to address potential distortions in the data’s inflation signals caused by the unusually large weight given to one component of the CPI: Owners’ Equivalent Rent (OER). By breaking the OER into four regional subindexes, the revised methodology improves the ability of the Bank’s trimmed-mean CPI data, particularly the median CPI, to measure underlying inflation trends. See the full report.