Not quite; it’s now computed using imputed rent expense rather than home purchase price + financing costs. Guess that’s a reflection of how an average person spends money on rent, rather than a mortgage
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Yes, housing construction prices are already included in the CPI, as is a fuzzy estimate of land rent, but if land *prices* were to be included we might have an altogether different view of the CPI and of the real level of inflation.
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