Americans looking for shelter from inflation are unlikely to find shelter at home.
Inflation under the Biden administration is making it more expensive to maintain a household. Rent, utilities and garbage collection fees all increased by nearly 6%.
Rent and associated shelter costs are jumped off From March 2023 onwards, 5% or more:
— Rent of main residence: 5.7% increase 0.4% increase since March 2023 / since February 2024
— Owner’s equivalent rent (opportunity cost of not renting out the house you own): 5.9% increase 0.4% increase since March 2023 / since February 2024
— Water and sewerage maintenance services: 5.1% increase 0.5% increase since March 2023 / since February 2024
— Garbage and garbage collection: 5.8% increase 0.1% decline since March 2023 / since February 2024
– electricity: 5.3% increase 0.7% increase since March 2023 / since February 2024
— Household item repair: 18.0% increase Data not reported after March 2023 / February 2024
— Homeowner and renter insurance: 4.6% increase 0.5% increase since March 2023/since February 2024
Overall, the consumer price index in March increased by 0.4% compared to February. The composite index is up 3.5% from 12 months ago, according to Breitbart News’ John Carney.
Economists had expected sales to rise 0.3% month-on-month and 3.4% over the 12 months.
Core inflation, which excludes food and energy, rose 0.4% in the month, in line with last month and above expectations of 0.3%. Compared to a year ago, core inflation rose 3.8%, which was also better than expected and in line with February’s numbers.
When the consumer price index spiked in January, many analysts said it was likely a seasonal anomaly and expected inflation to start falling again soon. After three months of higher-than-expected inflation, that’s no longer a valid interpretation. Over the past three months, core inflation rose at an annual rate of 4.6%. That’s the highest three-month annual rate of inflation for any period between August 1991 and 2020, said Harvard economist Jason Furman.
“There is a shelter [inflation] Did it go down at all? I can’t even remember a month when we saw a decline…”
(it’s not) pic.twitter.com/C0Jz1LX8w0
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 10, 2024
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