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CPI includes both rent costs for actual rentals and imputed rent for owner occupied housing. [0]
> but thats what more than half of average couples combined income is spent on.
More like a quarter. [1]
[0] https://www.bls.gov/cpi/factsheets/owners-equivalent-rent-an...
[1] https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cesan.nr0.htm
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CPI includes both rent costs for actual rentals and imputed rent for owner occupied housing. [0]
> but thats what more than half of average couples combined income is spent on.
More like a quarter. [1]
[0] https://www.bls.gov/cpi/factsheets/owners-equivalent-rent-an...
[1] https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cesan.nr0.htm