Goldman Sachs: Health-Care Costs Are About to Start Pushing Core Inflation Higher
The Fed will be happy to see this.
That hospital bed could get more expensive.
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Health-care costs, a significant component of the Federal Reserve's preferred gauge of inflation, are poised to accelerate, according to a new report from Goldman Sachs.
"Health inflation typically outpaces economy-wide inflation, but over the last couple of years the health sector has actually been running well below the rate of core inflation," wrote economist Alec Phillips.