Brian Chappatta, Columnist

Housing May Be Inflation’s Hidden Danger

The consumer price index’s measure of “owners’ equivalent rent” hasn’t come close to reflecting the red-hot market.

May 13, 2021 at 1:30 PM UTC

Brian Chappatta is managing editor of Bloomberg News' leveraged finance and distressed debt teams. He was previously managing editor and team leader of its wealth group. Before that he was a Bloomberg Opinion markets and finance columnist and a bonds reporter for Bloomberg News.

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