All-item consumer prices rose 0.9% in June, and 5.4% in the 12-month period, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced on Tuesday, capping a string of high monthly readings: Final data are not yet in on all the components tracked by our in-house real-world inflation gauge, the Guild Basic Needs Index. Read more
With May data complete, the Guild Basic Needs Index (GBNI), our proprietary real-world inflation gauge measuring the price of a basket of four essential consumer goods, has backed slightly off April’s 25% year-over-year pace. (You can click here for a more detailed description of how we compile this measure of Read more
A month ago, as inflation talk claimed more investor attention, we revived our in-house inflation index — the Guild Basic Needs Index — which was designed as a simple and straightforward snapshot of the on-the-ground inflation picture faced by consumers, not gamed or massaged by statistical sleight of hand. (If Read more
Reading time: 3 minutes For many years, Guild has compiled and tracked a neutral inflation index which we call the Guild Basic Needs Index™ (GBNI). We designed it to be a simple analysis of the real state of the inflation experienced by consumers — an unchanging basket, unmanipulated by rebalancings, Read more
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