The highs and lows of US rents
Update: 2024-05-15
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The latest inflation numbers are in. This month's Consumer Price Index, or the CPI, is ... well, good and bad news for renters.
Shelter prices went up over the last year, but at a slower pace. Shelter makes up nearly a third of the CPI.
Today's episode: Rent. Where is it high? Where is it low? What exactly is "coffee milk"? The Indicator tours the U.S. to bring you the answers.
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When mortgage rates are too low to give up
How do you measure inflation?
The lawsuit that could shake up the rental market
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Shelter prices went up over the last year, but at a slower pace. Shelter makes up nearly a third of the CPI.
Today's episode: Rent. Where is it high? Where is it low? What exactly is "coffee milk"? The Indicator tours the U.S. to bring you the answers.
Related Episodes:
When mortgage rates are too low to give up
How do you measure inflation?
The lawsuit that could shake up the rental market
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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