<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Hard Money Herald wrote</title><author_name>Hard Money Herald (npub1c8…ns3t9)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1c8e03hltgw4v62hc3c7dkwu5gzh9f7c24yd26j75ululerezd3aq3ns3t9</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>CPI dropped this morning at 8:30 AM. Markets reacted to the headline. But one third of that number is telling you a story about rent prices from late 2024.&#xA;&#xA;Shelter makes up 33% of the Consumer Price Index. The Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn&#39;t track current rent. It tracks rent agreements signed 12 to 18 months ago. That lag is structural, not a bug. And it means headline CPI is measuring inflation that already happened.</html></oembed>