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Stubbornly high rents prevent US Fed from finishing inflation fight

Stubbornly high rents prevent US Fed from finishing inflation fight
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The Wall Street Journal
By Nick Timiraos Stalled inflation this year hasn’t derailed the Federal Reserve’s plans to eventually cut interest rates. That’s because it expects a slowdown in housing costs to eventually drag inflation close to its 2% target.The problem: It has been waiting for that slowdown for 1½ years now, and it still hasn’t arrived. The slowdown might simply be delayed. But some analysts worry it’s not going to happen because of changing dynamics in the housing market. If so, that would significantly weaken the...

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