Högre inflation och lägre BNP än väntat i USA

Index för kärninflationen, core PCE, steg 3,0 procent jämfört med samma månad året innan.

DI 20 februari 2026

https://www.di.se/live/hogre-inflation-och-lagre-bnp-tillvaxt-an-vantat-i-usa/

 Policymakers could leave their 2% target in place formally, but be all right with never quite getting there. And then some years down the line, they could adopt a higher target.

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2025/10/inflationsmalet-overges-i-tysthet.html

Most can’t afford to buy a home.

Consumers are downright gloomy about their finances nowadays, for one key reason: Most can’t afford to buy a home.

A study published in January in the journal Economics Letters links consumer malaise in large part to the high cost of housing — which the Consumer Price Index undercounts. Entitled “The Cost of Money is Part of the Cost of Living: New Evidence on the Consumer Sentiment Anomaly,”

The study was conducted by a group of researchers from Harvard University and the International Monetary Fund.

They wrote: “Mortgage costs are a decisive factor in consumers’ assessment of their ability to make what for many Americans amounts to the most meaningful purchase of their lives. The exclusion of these costs means that the current methodology [for calculating the CPI] excludes a central part of consumers’ financial well-being.”

Mark Hulbert MarketWatch Feb. 20, 2026 

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-biggest-purchase-in-life-now-seems-unaffordable-and-thats-putting-consumers-in-a-sour-mood-30d0ba3e