Inflation metrics and policy communication noise

Conviction: 40% · Horizon: 1Y · 2026-07-02
Supercore and Fed dot plots understate lived inflation and mislead rate expectations

Supercore strips shelter and other costly categories, producing a soft reading while household bills rise. The dot plot is a scatter of anonymous guesses that has a poor track record and may be phased out, so anchoring trades to either metric can disconnect positioning from real price pressure.

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