The Most Important Economic Chart in the U.S. Right Now

Healthcare price index divided by the core inflation index:

The trend is still young, but after decades of outpacing inflation, healthcare costs have been acting like everybody else.

If this holds up, it’s a game-changer.

Very soon, year-over-over healthcare inflation may come in below core inflation. That hasn’t happened in 32 years.

Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on September 6th, 2013 at 11:58 pm

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