Suriyapong Thongsawang | Moment | Getty ImagesWhy health insurance inflation is hard to measureHealth insurance prices are a tricky thing for economists to quantify.
Instead, the agency measures health insurance inflation indirectly based partly on health insurers' profits.
It appears that health insurance prices measured in the CPI "will start rebounding" again, said Andrew Hunter, deputy chief U.S. economist at Capital Economics.
How health insurance profits affect inflationEarly in the Covid-19 pandemic, health insurers' profits jumped.
Why health insurance inflation mattersThe U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates aggressively starting early last year to rein in persistently high inflation.
Persons:
Suriyapong, Andrew Hunter, Mark Zandi, Zandi, Jerome Powell
Organizations:
BLS, Capital Economics, Health, Moody's, Consumers, U.S . Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve, Federal