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dangustoday at 2:22 AM1 replyview on HN

Consumer price index is probably the most common one and it doesn’t include housing.


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JumpCrisscrosstoday at 3:07 AM

> Consumer price index is probably the most common one and it doesn’t include housing

Almost all BLS price indices, including CPI, include housing. (CPI measures the “rent of primary residence, owners' equivalent rent, utilities, bedroom furniture” [1].)

[1] https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cpi/concepts.htm#the-cpi-as-a-c...

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