HousingRichard Newstead | Moment | Getty ImagesHousing is perhaps the most consequential category in the consumer price index, a key inflation barometer.
But Covid-19 warped that dynamic: Housing costs shot up but have slowed and even started to fall in some areas, economists said.
Overall inflation is expected to slow sharply during the second half of the year as the CPI incorporates the housing price cooldown, economists said.
The government doesn't calculate health insurance inflation by measuring consumers' direct costs, such as monthly premiums.
Health insurance inflation readings may flip positive in fall 2023 and persist into 2024 due to this dynamic, Zandi said.
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