
Paul Krugman @paulkrugman
Suppose, for example, that core inflation Dec/Dec is 4+% while 4thQ average is 2.5% — which could happen simply because cost of shelter, which is 1/3 of the CPI and is more or less the average rent actually paid, spends most of the year catching up to new-residence rents 2/ — PolitiTweet.org