Inflation Has Gone K-Shaped in the Pandemic Like Everything Else

Bloomberg2021-04-08

Prices of food, gasoline eat into budget of poorer households Inflation gap adds to inequalities Biden has vowed to redress Low-income Americans bore the brunt of job losses when the pandemic arrived...

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alicialicia
2021-04-08
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- alicialicia:
  thanks
- Zhenghao:
  Nice
Jo2021
2021-04-08
Jo2021
This is quite interesting...
- MFME:
  K = kuku??
yl13413
2021-04-08
yl13413
Cool

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Now they’re getting hit hardest by price increases as the economy recovers.\nThe headline consumer inflation rate in the U.S. remains subdued, at 1.7% -- but it masks large differences in what people actually buy.\nSome of the biggest price hikes of recent months, for example, have come in gasoline. A gallon of regular is up 75 cents since late last year –- adding more than $60 a month to the budget of someone who fills up with 20 gallons a week.\nFood-price inflation is running at more than double the headline rate, and staples like household cleaning products have also climbed.\n\nPrice increases like these are causing trouble all over the world-- and they tend to hurt low-income people most. That’s because groceries or gas take up a bigger share of their monthly shopping basket than is the case for wealthier households, and they’re items that can’t easily be deferred or substituted.\nK-Shaped\nAnanalysis by BloombergEconomics, which reweighted consumer-price baskets based on the spending habits of different income groups, found that the richest Americans are experiencing the lowest level of inflation.\nThose same high-earners already posted windfall gains during what’s been labeled a K-shaped recovery from the pandemic. 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Most economists expect a pickup in the next 12 months.\n\nThe Fed, which is in charge of keeping inflation under control, says any increase will likely prove temporary. The central bank isn’t planning to use its inflation-fighting tool of higher interest rates anytime soon.\nThe idea behind the Fed’s new thinking is that allowing the economy to run a bit hotter -- and inflation to creep a bit higher -- will actually help to reduce income inequalities, because it will encourage a strong jobs market that benefits low-paid Americans the most. There’s some evidence that this is already happening in the restaurant, hotel and other service industries.\nMeanwhile, the Biden administration says it will push U.S. statisticians to produce more detailed data that breaks down economic outcomes for different racial or income groups.\nThat initiative could have consequences for people whose incomes are tied to measures of inflation -- like recipients of Social Security or food stamps. 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