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What the Fed Makes of Sticky Core Services Inflation
Season 1
Episode 35
Published 1 month ago
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Episode 35 of The Federal Reserve Podcast with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna drill into core services excluding housing — the inflation component the Fed’s own research says is most tied to the labor market. With CPI core rising to 335.4 and the 10-year breakeven stuck at 2.36, they explore why the Fed is watching wage growth in low-productivity service sectors, how the May jobs report will shape the June FOMC decision, and why the recent equity sell-off (Nasdaq down 5.1% in five days) hasn’t changed the Fed’s calculus. No hot takes — just the specific data points the Fed is actually discussing behind closed doors.