St Louis Fed researchers deconstruct US inflation

Slower growth in energy, healthcare and housing prices contributed to lower inflation in recent expansion, researchers find

The St Louis Fed
Matthew Black/Flickr (https://bit.ly/3IYY8Dm)

Recent low US inflation is largely due to slower price increases in services and non-durable goods compared with before the 2008 financial crisis, a research essay published by the St Louis Fed finds.

YiLi Chien and Julie Bennet deconstruct inflation during this economic expansion (2009–19) and compare it to that of the previous expansion (2002–07). They use data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

The authors find that overall, inflation is roughly one percentage point lower during this

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@centralbanking.com or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.centralbanking.com/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@centralbanking.com to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Central Banking? View our subscription options

Register for Central Banking

All fields are mandatory unless otherwise highlighted

This address will be used to create your account

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a Central Banking account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account

.