Inflation Explained with Fexingo: CPI, Prices, and the Cost of Living for Everyday People

Lucas and Luna anchor every episode of Inflation Explained with Fexingo in the latest CPI release, producer price index, and personal consumption expenditures data, pulling real-time figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Federal Reserve Economic Data. They dissect how a tenth-of-a-point move in core inflation ripples through grocery bills, rent renewals, and wage negotiations. Lucas charts the historical arc of price shocks, from the 1970s oil embargo to today's shelter-cost stickiness, while Luna presses on the human impact: what a 3.4% annual inflation rate means for a household earning the median US income, for a retiree on a fixed annuity, for a small business owner adjusting menu prices. Each episode tackles a single inflation driver—used-car indexes, energy futures, medical care services—with clear definitions of terms like 'trimmed mean' and 'supercore services.' The conversation stays grounded in named cases: how Walmart's pricing power affects the PCE, how rent-stabilization policies alter CPI weights, how the Cleveland Fed's inflation nowcast differs from the official print. Lucas and Luna never simplify for drama; they treat the listener as someone who reads the earnings call transcripts and the Fed minutes but wants a sharper lens on the numbers. The show is for anyone who needs to understand inflation not as a headline but as a force that reshapes budgets, investment portfolios, and business models. What happens when the disinflation narrative stalls? How do you separate sticky inflation from base effects?

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English

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podcast