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Is PCE INFLATION Really Driven by Fake Rent? 🤯

🚨 The Fed’s favorite inflation gauge is up again

📊 Headline PCE: 2.7%

📊 Core PCE: 2.9%

🏠 Shelter costs pushed it higher

🤯 Owner’s Equivalent Rent added 0.38%

This “fictional rent” keeps mortgage rates higher than they should be.

Bad data is holding back the housing market while real families pay the price.

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Russell McDonald | NMLS 290837 | Broker CA DRE 01150730
Wymac Capital Inc | NMLS 18766 | Broker CA DRE 01121628
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