Furniture Prices Up, Up And Away In April

Menzie Chinn
By Menzie Chinn of Econbrowser.com
Professor of Public Affairs and Economics at the University of Wisconsin •

PPI rising at 7% annualized, CPI at 11.5%, in April.

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Can’t wait to see May data.

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Figure 1: PPI for furniture and household durables, n.s.a. (blue, left log scale), and CPI for furniture and household operations, s.a. (tan, right log scale). Source: BLS via FRED.


PPI rising at 7% annualized, CPI at 11.5%, in April.

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