The Cleveland Fed released the median CPI and the trimmed-mean CPI this morning:
According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the median Consumer Price Index rose 0.6% in January. The 16% trimmed-mean Consumer Price Index also increased 0.6% in January. “The median CPI and 16% trimmed-mean CPI are measures of core inflation calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland based on data released in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) monthly CPI report”.
Note: The Cleveland Fed released the median CPI details here: “Used Cars” were only up 19% annualized, and this will likely show declines in coming months.
Note that Owners’ Equivalent Rent and Rent of Primary Residence account for almost 1/3 of median CPI, and these measures were up around 5.5% annualized in January.
This graph shows the year-over-year change for these four key measures of inflation.
On a year-over-year basis, the median CPI rose 4.2%, the trimmed-mean CPI rose 5.4%, and the CPI less food and energy rose 6.0%. Core PCE is for December and increased 4.85% year-over-year.