Courtesy of Mish.
On November 1, I posted a couple of charts from Variant Perception that shows medical price inflation plus rent inflation is up nearly 9% from a year ago.
Let’s review those charts, then take a look at a series of charts from the St. Louis Fed data repository on medical expenses alone.
Retail Sales vs. Medical + Rental CPI Inverted
Consumer Discretionary Equities vs. Medical + Rental CPI Inverted
The above charts from Variant Perception.
Here is a trio of charts that show medical expenses are up 5% from a year ago.




